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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 814 · 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 “son”? (a) won (b) wait (c) sun
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flour (b) rows (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) heel (b) steel (c) groan
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) one (b) heel (c) meat
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) mist (b) sun (c) flew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) whole (c) one
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) peace (b) their (c) new
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) their (b) pear (c) ate
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) hear (b) male (c) waste
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) not (b) blew (c) there
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) here
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) maid (b) rose (c) whole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) meat (c) missed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blew (b) sun (c) sea
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sea (b) rows (c) by
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) road (b) bear (c) male
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) made (b) past (c) hole
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) flew (b) sail (c) road
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blew (b) sun (c) piece
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) rose (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) road (b) sale (c) right
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) flour (b) ate (c) blue
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) blew (b) ate (c) heel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) no (b) here (c) plain
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) hear (b) mist (c) rows
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) eight (c) weak
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) sell (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) by (b) flu (c) one
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) meet (b) piece (c) son
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) made (b) dear (c) grown
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) there (b) knight (c) mist
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) past (b) steal (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) dear (b) aloud (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) heal (b) sale (c) rose
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) missed (c) wait
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) flu
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) rode (b) mist (c) see
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) buy (b) week (c) past
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) eight (b) maid (c) toe
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) aloud

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. hear
  3. groan
  4. meat
  5. flew
  6. right
  7. new
  8. ate
  9. waste
  10. blew
  11. blue
  12. rose
  13. made
  14. sea
  15. by
  16. bear
  17. past
  18. road
  19. piece
  20. allowed
  21. sale
  22. blue
  23. heel
  24. here
  25. rows
  26. bear
  27. pair
  28. flu
  29. piece
  30. dear
  31. knight
  32. steal
  33. heal
  34. rose
  35. aloud
  36. right
  37. mist
  38. week
  39. toe
  40. meet

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