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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 855 · 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 “blew”? (a) tow (b) there (c) blue
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) mist (b) sail (c) see
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) heel (b) wait (c) rows
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) flu (b) mist (c) toe
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) tale (c) plain
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) flew (b) buy (c) heal
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) weak (c) whole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) cell (b) won (c) weight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) missed (b) won (c) flu
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) steel (b) pair (c) waste
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) male (c) no
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) waste (b) plain (c) male
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) road (b) new (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) heal (b) made (c) passed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) road (b) flour (c) aloud
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) there (b) pear (c) sea
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) blue (b) heel (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) plane (b) grown (c) peace
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) sea (c) no
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) night (b) deer (c) tale
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) waste (c) plain
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) break (b) sail (c) heal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) meet (b) eight (c) past
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) sell (b) plane (c) missed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) hear (b) night (c) piece
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) dear (b) flower (c) sea
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) missed (b) weight (c) by
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) male (b) sun (c) rose
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) mail (b) made (c) steel
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) road (b) weak (c) see
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) missed (b) here (c) grown
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) hear (b) there (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) tail (b) by (c) blue
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) deer (b) bury (c) by
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) bare (b) ate (c) sail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) buy
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) waist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) flew (b) deer (c) bear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) brake (b) their (c) meat

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. see
  3. wait
  4. mist
  5. hear
  6. hole
  7. buy
  8. write
  9. won
  10. flu
  11. waste
  12. bare
  13. plain
  14. flu
  15. passed
  16. aloud
  17. pear
  18. heel
  19. peace
  20. deer
  21. tale
  22. male
  23. heal
  24. eight
  25. missed
  26. piece
  27. sea
  28. by
  29. sun
  30. steel
  31. see
  32. here
  33. there
  34. by
  35. bury
  36. sail
  37. tow
  38. waist
  39. bear
  40. meat

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