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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 837 · 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 “blew”? (a) blue (b) made (c) whole
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) hear (c) plain
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) road (c) wait
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) grown (b) mist (c) knot
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) groan (b) blew (c) tail
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flour (b) passed (c) heel
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) bury (b) sell (c) steel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) tale (c) no
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) buy (b) cell (c) there
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) not (b) blew (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) knight (c) bear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) groan (b) made (c) blue
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) bury (c) mail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) heal (b) sale (c) allowed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) piece
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) tow (b) mail (c) son
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) mail (b) toe (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) heel (c) flower
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) by (b) berry (c) knot
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) sea (b) berry (c) flew
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) made (b) tale (c) knight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) tale (b) knew (c) night
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) sale (b) wait (c) peace
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) not (c) deer
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) heel (b) won (c) their
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) meet (c) write
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) by (b) allowed (c) maid
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) bear (b) tow (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) knew (b) cell (c) no
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) missed (b) blew (c) tow
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) son (b) here (c) grown
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) right (b) knew (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) heal (c) plain
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) steal (b) flu (c) maid
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) waste (c) allowed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sell (b) steal (c) flour
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) plain (c) knight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) blue (b) bear (c) week
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) pair (c) passed
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) buy (b) meat (c) hole

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. road
  3. meat
  4. mist
  5. tail
  6. passed
  7. steel
  8. hear
  9. cell
  10. eight
  11. maid
  12. made
  13. know
  14. sale
  15. knight
  16. son
  17. toe
  18. meet
  19. berry
  20. berry
  21. tale
  22. night
  23. peace
  24. flour
  25. their
  26. brake
  27. allowed
  28. blue
  29. cell
  30. tow
  31. grown
  32. plain
  33. bury
  34. flu
  35. bear
  36. flour
  37. meet
  38. bear
  39. sea
  40. meat

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