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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 818 · 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 “flu”? (a) mist (b) flew (c) knight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) flower (b) by (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) flower (b) tail (c) sun
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) knight (b) mist (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) see (b) blew (c) here
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) no (b) wait (c) bear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) flu
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) weak (b) sun (c) peace
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) flour (c) flu
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) meat (c) plane
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) no (b) week (c) write
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) rose (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) past (b) bare (c) brake
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) one
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flew (b) know (c) write
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) heal (c) flu
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) maid (b) male (c) meat
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) male (b) made (c) allowed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) cell (b) no (c) rose
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) week (b) plane (c) past
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) rows
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) tow (b) plain (c) know
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flower (b) missed (c) brake
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) allowed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) rows (b) toe (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) whole (b) see (c) grown
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) tale (b) rose (c) eight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) deer (c) steal
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) see
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) rode (b) night (c) mail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) plain (b) pear (c) break
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) plain (b) sell (c) passed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) one (c) there
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) blue (b) ate (c) steal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) meet (c) berry
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) passed (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) write (b) bare (c) piece
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bare (b) there (c) week
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) right
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) won (b) berry (c) groan

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. by
  3. sun
  4. sea
  5. blew
  6. wait
  7. sell
  8. sun
  9. waist
  10. pear
  11. week
  12. right
  13. brake
  14. meet
  15. know
  16. their
  17. meat
  18. made
  19. no
  20. past
  21. rows
  22. know
  23. brake
  24. passed
  25. toe
  26. grown
  27. rose
  28. night
  29. see
  30. mail
  31. pear
  32. sell
  33. steel
  34. steal
  35. write
  36. hole
  37. bare
  38. there
  39. buy
  40. berry

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