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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 810 · 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 “flu”? (a) bare (b) allowed (c) flew
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) past
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) tail (b) past (c) week
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) here (c) cell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) sun (c) won
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) hole (b) knight (c) right
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) grown (b) piece (c) break
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sell (b) missed (c) bare
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) won
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blue (b) piece (c) mail
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) their (b) ate (c) bury
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) write (b) wait (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) blew (c) sea
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) deer (c) eight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) tow
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) meet (b) their (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) steal (b) meat (c) missed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) grown (b) weight (c) waist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) their (c) not
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) wait (b) peace (c) break
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) wait (b) tow (c) ate
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) allowed (c) eight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) whole (b) night (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) ate (b) tale (c) sea
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) past (b) dear (c) knight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) sail (c) weak
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) heel (b) there (c) toe
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) maid (b) wait (c) sea
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) deer (b) write (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) grown (c) berry
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) week (c) by
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) there (b) maid (c) rows
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) ate (c) write
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) meet (b) pair (c) rode
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) berry (b) sun (c) flew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) male (b) road (c) write
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) new (c) rode
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) allowed (b) new (c) there
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) see (c) rows

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. pair
  3. see
  4. week
  5. meat
  6. flu
  7. knight
  8. piece
  9. bare
  10. knight
  11. piece
  12. ate
  13. wait
  14. hear
  15. here
  16. tow
  17. their
  18. missed
  19. waist
  20. plain
  21. break
  22. ate
  23. son
  24. night
  25. tale
  26. dear
  27. knew
  28. toe
  29. sea
  30. brake
  31. new
  32. write
  33. maid
  34. there
  35. rode
  36. flew
  37. road
  38. flu
  39. there
  40. bare

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