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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 840 · 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 “heel”? (a) new (b) sun (c) heal
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) knew (b) there (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) flew (b) ate (c) maid
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) sun (c) toe
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) grown (c) bury
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) missed (b) won (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) rows (b) waste (c) weak
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) made (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) one (b) allowed (c) piece
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) hole (b) flu (c) blue
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) ate (b) sun (c) rows
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) weight (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) peace (c) maid
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) write (b) bury (c) rose
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) rose (b) won (c) whole
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) rows (b) meat (c) groan
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) toe
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) mist (b) pair (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) break (b) not (c) pear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) flower (b) steel (c) deer
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) there (b) meat (c) wait
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) mail (c) whole
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) waste (b) there (c) whole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) dear (c) break
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) past (c) here
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) son (c) steel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) made (b) whole (c) male
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flower (b) rose (c) waste
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) maid (c) berry
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) son (b) write (c) no
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) deer (c) groan
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) toe (b) steel (c) break
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) passed (b) meet (c) made
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sale (c) tail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) knew (c) eight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) plain (c) eight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) grown (b) bear (c) eight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) knight (b) whole (c) rows
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) pear (b) their (c) new

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. there
  3. maid
  4. weak
  5. right
  6. knot
  7. bury
  8. waste
  9. plain
  10. allowed
  11. flu
  12. sun
  13. made
  14. there
  15. bury
  16. won
  17. groan
  18. sea
  19. flour
  20. not
  21. deer
  22. meat
  23. new
  24. whole
  25. flower
  26. grown
  27. hear
  28. male
  29. waste
  30. past
  31. write
  32. sun
  33. break
  34. meet
  35. weak
  36. by
  37. their
  38. bear
  39. whole
  40. their

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