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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 781 · 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 “steal”? (a) flu (b) steel (c) wait
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) their (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) by (c) waste
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sun (b) tow (c) bear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) piece (b) won (c) deer
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sea (b) mist (c) night
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) plain (b) past (c) not
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) rose (b) flower (c) week
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) hear (b) allowed (c) right
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) missed (b) made (c) bear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) flu (b) sun (c) one
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) one (b) plane (c) write
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) bare (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) maid (c) won
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) here (c) flu
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) groan (c) right
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) new (c) know
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sea (b) sale (c) won
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) right (b) by (c) sale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flour (b) steel (c) blue
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) break (b) wait (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) night (c) one
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) son (b) deer (c) ate
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) groan (b) week (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) blue (c) buy
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) brake (b) sun (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) bear (b) plane (c) meet
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) piece (b) write (c) bury
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) there (b) wait (c) peace
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) weak (b) hear (c) pair
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) week (c) tail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) night (b) hear (c) meat
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) past (b) week (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) son (b) their (c) one
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) steal (b) toe (c) mail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) hear (b) week (c) blew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) there (b) knight (c) sea
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) toe (c) weak
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) blue (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) peace (b) bury (c) buy

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. flu
  3. road
  4. tow
  5. deer
  6. night
  7. past
  8. flower
  9. allowed
  10. bear
  11. one
  12. write
  13. there
  14. heel
  15. groan
  16. tow
  17. grown
  18. sale
  19. by
  20. steel
  21. wait
  22. here
  23. deer
  24. flower
  25. knot
  26. sun
  27. meet
  28. bury
  29. peace
  30. pair
  31. plane
  32. meat
  33. mail
  34. one
  35. mail
  36. blew
  37. sea
  38. tale
  39. new
  40. buy

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