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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 11 · 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 “road”? (a) weak (b) blew (c) rode
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) pear (b) knight (c) flu
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) berry (b) groan (c) ate
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) week (b) right (c) allowed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) blue (b) new (c) mist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) steel (c) here
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) hear (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) past (b) blue (c) mail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) rose (b) plain (c) meat
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) eight (b) brake (c) steel
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) write (b) new (c) missed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) not (b) ate (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) knight (b) their (c) eight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) made (b) dear (c) allowed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) grown (b) buy (c) sell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) deer (b) flour (c) brake
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) bury (b) buy (c) piece
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) tail (c) groan
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) mail (b) hole (c) rows
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) pair (c) toe
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) hole (b) sell (c) sea
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) right (b) see (c) there
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) steel (b) deer (c) flower
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) see (b) know (c) week
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) one (b) night (c) grown
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) rode (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) one (b) bare (c) waste
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) heal (b) meet (c) plain
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) past (c) heel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) sun (b) right (c) wait
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) meat (c) know
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) wait (c) sun
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) heel (b) flu (c) aloud
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) male (b) sea (c) weak
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) brake (b) meet (c) sail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) flu
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) heel
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) piece (b) male (c) sale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) blew (b) tail (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) piece (b) flower (c) bare

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. knight
  3. groan
  4. allowed
  5. mist
  6. right
  7. maid
  8. blue
  9. meat
  10. brake
  11. missed
  12. son
  13. their
  14. allowed
  15. sell
  16. brake
  17. piece
  18. here
  19. hole
  20. road
  21. sea
  22. there
  23. flower
  24. week
  25. night
  26. not
  27. waste
  28. plain
  29. pair
  30. right
  31. male
  32. sale
  33. aloud
  34. weak
  35. sail
  36. flu
  37. tow
  38. male
  39. write
  40. bare

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