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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 913 · 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 “missed”? (a) sea (b) mist (c) flu
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) peace (b) past (c) break
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) berry (c) right
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) no
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) meet (c) made
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) mail (c) groan
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) not (b) heel (c) grown
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) berry (b) flew (c) aloud
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) deer (b) passed (c) knot
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) here (b) allowed (c) sun
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) hear (b) won (c) rode
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) son (b) write (c) see
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) blue (b) here (c) sea
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) here (c) pair
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) here (b) rose (c) passed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) peace (b) by (c) pear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sail (c) pair
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) sell (c) son
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) waist (c) tail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) there
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) flower (b) son (c) sail
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) missed (b) buy (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) knot (c) hear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) not
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) hear (b) tale (c) blue
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) steel (c) aloud
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) dear (b) waste (c) ate
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) blue (b) rode (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sun (b) here (c) rose
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) week (b) steel (c) one
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) past (b) waist (c) hear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flu (b) made (c) steel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) write (b) not (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) toe (b) steel (c) weight
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) eight (b) knight (c) past
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) see (b) knew (c) blew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) write
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) peace
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) peace (b) one (c) bury

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. break
  3. aloud
  4. no
  5. see
  6. eight
  7. grown
  8. flew
  9. passed
  10. sun
  11. won
  12. write
  13. sea
  14. son
  15. passed
  16. pear
  17. allowed
  18. whole
  19. groan
  20. there
  21. sail
  22. buy
  23. allowed
  24. not
  25. blue
  26. berry
  27. waste
  28. rode
  29. here
  30. steel
  31. hear
  32. steel
  33. peace
  34. not
  35. weight
  36. knight
  37. blew
  38. tail
  39. pair
  40. bury

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