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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 775 · 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 “new”? (a) knew (b) flower (c) here
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) here (b) ate (c) weak
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) flew (b) mist (c) there
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) by (c) steal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) grown (b) know (c) new
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) there (b) by (c) bare
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) know (c) meat
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) toe (c) sail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) whole (b) flour (c) flew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) see (b) blue (c) grown
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) plain (b) week (c) steel
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) ate (b) mail (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sea (b) blue (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) berry (b) past (c) tale
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) missed (c) weight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) one (b) weak (c) eight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) meat (b) sea (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) waste (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flour (b) made (c) brake
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) weak (c) mist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) maid (b) flower (c) mist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) maid (b) sell (c) sale
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) aloud (b) pair (c) tale
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) rode (b) by (c) knew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) piece (b) no (c) mail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) bare (b) made (c) piece
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) pair (b) past (c) bare
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) one (b) flu (c) sea
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) no (c) waist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) mail (b) dear (c) eight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) tow (b) not (c) eight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) grown (b) berry (c) whole
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) flu (b) meat (c) not
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) weak (c) ate
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) peace (c) plain
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) grown (c) tale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) new (b) rode (c) bear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) hear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) their (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) pear (b) brake (c) peace

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. ate
  3. there
  4. missed
  5. new
  6. bare
  7. male
  8. knew
  9. flour
  10. blue
  11. steel
  12. sun
  13. meet
  14. tale
  15. pear
  16. weak
  17. sea
  18. groan
  19. brake
  20. write
  21. mist
  22. sell
  23. pair
  24. by
  25. mail
  26. piece
  27. bare
  28. flu
  29. blew
  30. dear
  31. not
  32. whole
  33. meat
  34. toe
  35. heal
  36. buy
  37. bear
  38. hear
  39. plain
  40. brake

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