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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 812 · 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) their (b) know (c) flew
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) groan (b) steel (c) sale
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) grown (b) weak (c) rows
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) flu (b) waist (c) see
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) mist (c) blue
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) here (b) tow (c) grown
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) cell (c) tail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) groan (b) there (c) blew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) bury (b) waste (c) won
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) flour (b) aloud (c) berry
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knew (b) waste (c) ate
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) piece (b) write (c) plain
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sail (b) knight (c) week
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) eight (b) deer (c) night
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) maid (b) not (c) flu
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) pair (b) waist (c) new
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) past (b) see (c) rose
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) tow (b) steel (c) flu
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) weak (c) pair
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) right (b) won (c) eight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) break (b) heel (c) meat
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) mail (b) flour (c) knight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) waste (b) by (c) sun
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) meet (b) flu (c) blue
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) see (b) plain (c) blue
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) flour (b) knot (c) wait
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) new (b) here (c) toe
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flower (b) bear (c) sea
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) rode (b) pear (c) new
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) peace
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) waste (c) know
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) allowed (b) mail (c) break
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) rode (b) mail (c) knew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) grown (b) waste (c) allowed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) sea (c) toe
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) steal (c) deer
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) mail (b) son (c) piece
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) eight (c) bury
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) mail (c) missed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) mist

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. steel
  3. rows
  4. see
  5. sun
  6. tow
  7. whole
  8. blew
  9. waste
  10. berry
  11. ate
  12. write
  13. week
  14. night
  15. flu
  16. waist
  17. rose
  18. flu
  19. meat
  20. eight
  21. meat
  22. knight
  23. by
  24. blue
  25. blue
  26. wait
  27. toe
  28. bear
  29. new
  30. weak
  31. weak
  32. break
  33. mail
  34. allowed
  35. their
  36. road
  37. piece
  38. buy
  39. peace
  40. hear

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