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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 761 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Same sound, different spelling): Say the word aloud — if two spellings sound the same, they are homophones. A silent letter often hides a homophone: knight = night, whole = hole, knew = new. Choose the spelling from the meaning.

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  1. 1.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) one
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) see (b) not (c) made
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) waste (b) sail (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) brake (c) there
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) weak (b) break (c) steel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) new (b) not (c) rows
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) knot (b) tail (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) new (c) missed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) buy (c) aloud
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) made (b) meat (c) buy
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) waste (b) weak (c) blew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) rode (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) wait (b) plain (c) male
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) bare (b) piece (c) hole
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) weak (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) piece (c) sea
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) meat (b) see (c) no
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) by (c) hole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) sell (b) sun (c) dear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) aloud (c) plane
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) not (b) by (c) ate
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) their (c) right
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) heal (b) blew (c) eight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) hole (b) meet (c) mist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) their (c) son
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) eight (b) meat (c) rows
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) blue (b) deer (c) buy
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) rows
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sell (b) sea (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) peace (b) knew (c) sun
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) knight (b) eight (c) heal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) sea (b) steal (c) new
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) mail (c) hole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) deer (b) maid (c) won
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) flour (b) missed (c) passed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) flour (c) male
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) toe (c) bear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) no (b) made (c) blew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) allowed (b) tow (c) tale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) bury (b) see (c) buy

Answer key

  1. one
  2. not
  3. flower
  4. bare
  5. steel
  6. rows
  7. sea
  8. weak
  9. flour
  10. meat
  11. blew
  12. knot
  13. plain
  14. piece
  15. there
  16. whole
  17. no
  18. sell
  19. dear
  20. there
  21. ate
  22. waste
  23. eight
  24. mist
  25. waist
  26. meat
  27. deer
  28. rows
  29. pear
  30. sun
  31. heal
  32. steal
  33. eight
  34. won
  35. passed
  36. night
  37. weight
  38. made
  39. tale
  40. see

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