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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 820 · 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 “deer”? (a) dear (b) write (c) here
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) bare (b) past (c) waste
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) eight (b) toe (c) hole
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) male (b) flower (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) meet (c) mist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) no (c) night
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) aloud (b) sea (c) bare
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) break (b) sail (c) weak
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) pear (b) flew (c) hole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) allowed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) waste (c) eight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) their (b) flu (c) heal
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) buy (c) there
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) missed (b) know (c) past
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) made (b) buy (c) won
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) meat (b) one (c) by
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) berry (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) road (b) ate (c) sell
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) grown (c) break
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) tale (c) sail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) peace (b) blew (c) plane
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) deer (b) meat (c) blue
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) week (c) night
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) waist (b) missed (c) blew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) road (b) dear (c) plain
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flu (b) sun (c) bear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) there (c) heal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sun (b) tale (c) knot
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) weight (b) groan (c) berry
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) new (b) there (c) right
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) write (b) plain (c) flu
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) meat (b) week (c) flower
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) bare (c) aloud
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) waist (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) aloud (c) sell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) peace (b) wait (c) toe
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) knot (b) see (c) wait
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) steel (b) flew (c) plain
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flower (b) no (c) grown
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) blew (c) waste

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. waste
  3. hole
  4. sun
  5. weight
  6. sea
  7. bare
  8. sail
  9. hole
  10. eight
  11. night
  12. flu
  13. write
  14. past
  15. won
  16. one
  17. flew
  18. ate
  19. tow
  20. mail
  21. plane
  22. blue
  23. peace
  24. blew
  25. dear
  26. bear
  27. bare
  28. tale
  29. groan
  30. there
  31. flu
  32. week
  33. son
  34. plane
  35. new
  36. wait
  37. see
  38. flew
  39. grown
  40. rose

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