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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 797 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) cell (c) break
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) right (b) flower (c) mist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) plane (b) son (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) berry (c) flower
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) wait
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) knight (b) passed (c) whole
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) toe (b) flew (c) meet
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sale (b) buy (c) sun
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) no (b) tail (c) knight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) deer (c) aloud
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) grown (c) here
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) see (b) know (c) rows
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) waist (b) mist (c) groan
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) ate (b) past (c) break
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) hole (b) there (c) sun
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) ate (b) rows (c) male
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) heal (b) weight (c) whole
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) knew (b) sail (c) bare
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) sea (b) waist (c) steal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) weight (c) cell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) tow (b) cell (c) steal
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) berry (b) know (c) steel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) buy (b) rose (c) weight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knight (b) meat (c) one
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) hear (c) rows
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) their (b) won (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flew (b) road (c) brake
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) won (b) buy (c) waste
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) hear (c) blue
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) groan (c) sale
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) tow (b) bear (c) cell
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) night (b) break (c) heel
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) tale (b) flower (c) whole
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) knight (b) buy (c) see
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) blew (c) brake
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) son (b) cell (c) toe
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) peace (b) aloud (c) rode
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) blew (b) bury (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sell (b) blew (c) by
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) flu (b) dear (c) sell

Answer key

  1. missed
  2. flower
  3. waist
  4. night
  5. mail
  6. passed
  7. meet
  8. buy
  9. knight
  10. grown
  11. male
  12. know
  13. mist
  14. past
  15. sun
  16. rows
  17. whole
  18. bare
  19. steal
  20. flew
  21. cell
  22. steel
  23. weight
  24. one
  25. their
  26. flour
  27. brake
  28. waste
  29. meat
  30. sell
  31. bear
  32. break
  33. whole
  34. buy
  35. new
  36. toe
  37. aloud
  38. there
  39. blew
  40. dear

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