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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 873 · 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) past (b) pair (c) blue
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) groan (b) not (c) deer
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) meet (c) heel
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) here (b) flew (c) bury
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) weak (b) blue (c) steel
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) see (c) knew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) buy (b) eight (c) grown
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) piece (b) maid (c) past
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) cell (b) waist (c) flu
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) bury (c) aloud
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tow (b) sale (c) knew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) right
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) steel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) by (c) here
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) maid (b) eight (c) flew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) sail (c) past
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) buy (b) meat (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) ate
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) heal (b) aloud (c) cell
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) passed (b) heal (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) peace (b) knot (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) eight (c) hole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) maid (c) waste
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) not (b) meat (c) knew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) male (b) knot (c) no
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) blue (b) night (c) steal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) meat (b) sun (c) rode
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) ate (b) sail (c) see
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) bury (b) male (c) ate
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) hear (b) right (c) weight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) plane
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) steel (c) allowed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) deer (b) sea (c) here
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) there (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) won (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) week (c) pear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) mist (b) blew (c) flour
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) blew (c) knot
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) their (b) mail (c) past
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) right (c) groan

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. not
  3. right
  4. bury
  5. steel
  6. plane
  7. grown
  8. maid
  9. flu
  10. rows
  11. knew
  12. sun
  13. flower
  14. wait
  15. eight
  16. toe
  17. brake
  18. steel
  19. aloud
  20. meet
  21. knot
  22. sale
  23. new
  24. knew
  25. no
  26. steal
  27. sun
  28. see
  29. ate
  30. weight
  31. their
  32. won
  33. here
  34. missed
  35. knot
  36. not
  37. flour
  38. know
  39. mail
  40. maid

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