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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. bare
  3. meet
  4. blew
  5. past
  6. buy
  7. cell
  8. write
  9. sell
  10. missed
  11. blew
  12. see
  13. allowed
  14. eight
  15. passed
  16. peace
  17. mail
  18. sea
  19. rows
  20. deer
  21. eight
  22. past
  23. by
  24. hole
  25. male
  26. blue
  27. flew
  28. sea
  29. rose
  30. dear
  31. brake
  32. waste
  33. pear
  34. steal
  35. male
  36. know
  37. wait
  38. maid
  39. write
  40. new

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