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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 107 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) new (b) weak (c) past
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) weight (c) write
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bury (b) see (c) dear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) waist (b) tow (c) night
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knew (b) brake (c) knight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) hole (c) not
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) road (c) maid
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) aloud (b) knight (c) bury
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) blew (b) hole (c) flower
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) bear (b) their (c) blew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) rose (b) waist (c) road
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) steal (b) flower (c) sail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) hole (c) tow
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) hear (b) flew (c) break
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) sell (c) knight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) right (c) there
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) see (c) sail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) know (c) sell
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sail (b) bare (c) peace
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) waste (c) meat
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) plain (b) right (c) mist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) waist (b) week (c) mail
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) one (b) here (c) break
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) steal (b) allowed (c) tale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) deer (b) eight (c) here
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) rode (b) grown (c) deer
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) buy (b) their (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) write (b) pear (c) rose
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) their (c) sell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) past (b) sun (c) toe
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) won (b) write (c) flower
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) deer (b) eight (c) pear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) hole (b) flour (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) heel (b) knew (c) won
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) groan (b) mist (c) one
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meat (b) male (c) knew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) sail (b) groan (c) heel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) bury (b) buy (c) brake
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) right (c) sell

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. knight
  3. see
  4. tow
  5. knight
  6. missed
  7. weight
  8. bury
  9. hole
  10. their
  11. waist
  12. flower
  13. rows
  14. flew
  15. rode
  16. waste
  17. by
  18. write
  19. bare
  20. there
  21. right
  22. week
  23. here
  24. allowed
  25. here
  26. grown
  27. no
  28. rose
  29. sun
  30. hear
  31. sun
  32. flower
  33. pear
  34. flour
  35. won
  36. mist
  37. male
  38. groan
  39. brake
  40. their

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