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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 869 · 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 “meet”? (a) sell (b) meat (c) sail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) cell (b) one (c) blue
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) berry (b) flour (c) sell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) rose (b) wait (c) piece
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) peace (b) heal (c) passed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) know (b) meat (c) allowed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) meat (b) bear (c) sail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) flower (b) piece (c) weak
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) maid (b) wait (c) hear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flour (b) pear (c) allowed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) aloud (c) hear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) missed (c) buy
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) won (c) waist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) there (b) blew (c) weight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) allowed (b) made (c) ate
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) mail (b) heel (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) knot (b) made (c) heel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) berry (c) new
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) piece (b) won (c) groan
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) son (c) sea
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) deer (b) flower (c) not
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) heel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flower (b) new (c) waist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) aloud (c) no
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) steal (c) pair
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) their (b) sale (c) deer
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) made (b) won (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) son (c) tail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) passed (b) won (c) no
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) mail (c) meet
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) know (b) pear (c) cell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) pear (c) week
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) knew (b) see (c) brake
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) mist (b) maid (c) weak
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) brake (b) rode (c) weight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) there (b) steal (c) mail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) dear (b) knot (c) mist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) won (c) toe
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) missed (c) heel

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. one
  3. aloud
  4. flour
  5. piece
  6. passed
  7. allowed
  8. bear
  9. piece
  10. hear
  11. allowed
  12. week
  13. sea
  14. steel
  15. blew
  16. ate
  17. heel
  18. heel
  19. male
  20. groan
  21. week
  22. flower
  23. weight
  24. waist
  25. sun
  26. no
  27. sale
  28. flew
  29. break
  30. no
  31. hole
  32. pear
  33. waist
  34. brake
  35. weak
  36. rode
  37. steal
  38. mist
  39. meet
  40. tow

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