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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 903 · 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 “won”? (a) one (b) here (c) weight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) groan (c) no
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) hear (b) hole (c) week
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) piece (c) blew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) piece (c) sell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) one (b) bare (c) berry
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) allowed (b) new (c) son
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) tale (b) meat (c) blew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) knew (b) piece (c) flew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) deer
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) pear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) made (b) by (c) waist
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) weak (b) deer (c) steel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) son (b) made (c) steal
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sun (b) rode (c) flower
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) week (b) sail (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) knew (b) flour (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) tale (c) rows
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) berry (b) male (c) knot
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) bear (c) deer
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) week (b) knew (c) male
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) sail (c) male
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) meet (b) pair (c) their
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) maid (b) heal (c) bear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) berry (c) buy
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) weight (b) night (c) one
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) passed (b) flower (c) write
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) heal (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) toe (b) wait (c) right
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) their (b) meat (c) whole
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) sun
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tow (b) waist (c) steal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) eight (b) pair (c) flu
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) dear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) hear (b) right (c) tale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) heel (b) eight (c) made
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) weak (b) son (c) know
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) no (b) weight (c) steel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) there (b) whole (c) ate
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) meat (c) deer

Answer key

  1. one
  2. tow
  3. week
  4. see
  5. hear
  6. berry
  7. new
  8. blew
  9. flew
  10. pair
  11. flu
  12. waist
  13. deer
  14. made
  15. flower
  16. sail
  17. won
  18. brake
  19. male
  20. grown
  21. knew
  22. buy
  23. their
  24. bear
  25. flew
  26. night
  27. write
  28. weight
  29. right
  30. whole
  31. plane
  32. waist
  33. flu
  34. sea
  35. tale
  36. eight
  37. son
  38. steel
  39. ate
  40. tail

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