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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 905 · 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 “passed”? (a) weight (b) past (c) knot
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) dear (b) waste (c) right
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) son (b) meet (c) grown
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) meet (b) won (c) sun
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) steal (c) meat
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) steal (b) tail (c) flower
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) berry (b) there (c) here
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) dear (b) groan (c) knew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) berry (b) bare (c) ate
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) no (c) won
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) weight (b) won (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) aloud (c) cell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) mail (b) hear (c) write
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) steal (c) aloud
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) hear (b) piece (c) son
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) ate (b) here (c) pear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) past (b) allowed (c) flour
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) by (c) past
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) aloud (c) knew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) blue
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) pair (b) waist (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) missed (b) flew (c) passed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) passed (b) there (c) bare
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) flower (b) know (c) deer
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) sun
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) see (b) past (c) night
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) meet (c) ate
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sell (b) week (c) break
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) flew (c) whole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flu (b) won (c) waste
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) mail (b) not (c) wait
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) see (c) bare
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) know (c) right
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) flew (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) new
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) made (b) bear (c) there
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) blue (b) not (c) flew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) not (c) meet
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) their (b) cell (c) hole
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) pear (b) flu (c) not

Answer key

  1. past
  2. right
  3. grown
  4. sun
  5. plane
  6. flower
  7. here
  8. knew
  9. ate
  10. tail
  11. blew
  12. waste
  13. hear
  14. male
  15. piece
  16. here
  17. flour
  18. blue
  19. knot
  20. flower
  21. whole
  22. passed
  23. there
  24. know
  25. bare
  26. past
  27. tow
  28. week
  29. made
  30. waste
  31. wait
  32. aloud
  33. pair
  34. waist
  35. buy
  36. bear
  37. not
  38. groan
  39. cell
  40. flu

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