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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 932 · 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 “pair”? (a) pear (b) knew (c) flower
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) ate (b) flu (c) new
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) tow (b) write (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) there (b) sea (c) brake
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) passed (c) weak
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) not (b) knight (c) whole
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) sail (c) one
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) meat (b) see (c) knot
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) see (c) past
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) tail (c) flower
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) ate (b) steel (c) night
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) no
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) see (b) berry (c) mail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) one (b) rode (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) not
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) dear (b) steel (c) waist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) allowed (b) maid (c) night
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) male (c) flu
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) plain (b) hear (c) weight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) knew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) knot (b) here (c) one
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) road (c) plane
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) bury (b) rows (c) right
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) rose (c) flew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) heel (b) wait (c) week
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) groan (b) ate (c) wait
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) waste (b) pear (c) buy
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) ate (c) rows
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) tail (b) bear (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) weak (b) made (c) here
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) brake (b) their (c) flew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) blew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) rows (b) toe (c) bear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) won (c) buy
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) not (b) missed (c) groan
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) tale (b) weak (c) break
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) past (b) there (c) berry
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) mist (b) whole (c) bare
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) deer (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) by (b) sea (c) maid

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. flu
  3. write
  4. brake
  5. blue
  6. knight
  7. mail
  8. see
  9. mist
  10. aloud
  11. night
  12. toe
  13. mail
  14. pair
  15. not
  16. steel
  17. maid
  18. meat
  19. weight
  20. hear
  21. here
  22. berry
  23. rows
  24. one
  25. week
  26. wait
  27. buy
  28. dear
  29. bear
  30. here
  31. their
  32. blew
  33. toe
  34. sale
  35. groan
  36. break
  37. berry
  38. whole
  39. passed
  40. maid

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