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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 894 · 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 “flour”? (a) no (b) flower (c) made
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) sun (b) dear (c) knew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) son (c) won
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) waist (b) past (c) won
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) break (b) waste (c) pair
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) no
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) son (b) blew (c) one
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) there (b) meat (c) hear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) bare (b) blue (c) sail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) berry (c) peace
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) whole (c) berry
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) bear (b) weak (c) right
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) heel (c) groan
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) weak (b) here (c) bury
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) male (b) eight (c) flew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) dear (b) passed (c) aloud
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flour (b) brake (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rose (b) rode (c) flu
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) pair (b) see (c) maid
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) won
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) piece (b) sea (c) male
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) blew (b) buy (c) steal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) tale (b) sail (c) not
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) made (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) son (c) pear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) meet (c) break
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) buy (b) weak (c) flu
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) know (b) there (c) flower
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) aloud (b) write (c) not
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) here (c) rows
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tow (b) waist (c) their
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) mist (b) mail (c) piece
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) blew (c) there
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) pear (b) eight (c) weight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) no (b) sail (c) meet
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) sell (b) wait (c) new
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) see (b) flour (c) night
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) waste (c) dear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) waste (b) night (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) bear

Answer key

  1. flower
  2. knew
  3. road
  4. won
  5. waste
  6. no
  7. one
  8. meat
  9. blue
  10. made
  11. dear
  12. right
  13. mail
  14. bury
  15. flew
  16. passed
  17. brake
  18. rode
  19. see
  20. blew
  21. male
  22. buy
  23. not
  24. mail
  25. maid
  26. their
  27. weak
  28. flower
  29. write
  30. wait
  31. their
  32. piece
  33. hole
  34. weight
  35. meet
  36. new
  37. night
  38. rode
  39. aloud
  40. bear

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