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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 891 · 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 “by”? (a) buy (b) one (c) rows
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) break (b) allowed (c) son
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) rose (b) see (c) mist
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) night (b) pear (c) peace
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flu (b) not (c) passed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) won (c) peace
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) weak (b) made (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) groan (b) missed (c) bare
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) pair (c) flower
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) steal (b) sale (c) rows
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) plane (c) made
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) dear (b) peace (c) flour
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) week (b) flu (c) brake
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) plane (b) mist (c) meet
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) berry (b) whole (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) plain (c) knew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) aloud (b) pair (c) waste
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) eight (b) week (c) toe
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) plain (c) deer
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) no (c) plain
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) there (b) sun (c) tail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) their (c) knight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) plane (b) flour (c) week
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) made (b) hear (c) heel
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) there (b) knot (c) whole
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) one (b) week (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sun (b) flew (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) heel (b) aloud (c) tale
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) won (b) hear (c) rose
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) see (b) buy (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) tail (b) knight (c) ate
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) knew (b) allowed (c) berry
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) allowed (b) waste (c) son
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) pair (b) maid (c) know
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) pair (c) heel
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flew (b) write (c) tale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) sea (b) grown (c) cell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sale (b) meat (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) flower (b) see (c) plain
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) male (b) plane (c) heal

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. allowed
  3. see
  4. pear
  5. not
  6. steal
  7. made
  8. bare
  9. know
  10. rows
  11. write
  12. flour
  13. flu
  14. mist
  15. whole
  16. their
  17. waste
  18. toe
  19. new
  20. blue
  21. sun
  22. grown
  23. week
  24. heel
  25. knot
  26. missed
  27. flew
  28. aloud
  29. hear
  30. rose
  31. ate
  32. berry
  33. waste
  34. maid
  35. bury
  36. write
  37. cell
  38. sell
  39. plain
  40. heal

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