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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 111 · 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 “groan”? (a) grown (b) one (c) plain
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) waist (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) bare (b) their (c) sale
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) dear (b) blew (c) plain
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) made (b) new (c) piece
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) knew (b) night (c) waste
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) night (b) no (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) passed (b) know (c) hear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) wait (b) no (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) flew (b) tale (c) road
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) bear (c) berry
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) buy (b) heel (c) weight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) waist (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) whole (b) son (c) deer
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) maid (b) steel (c) right
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) ate (b) sale (c) wait
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) toe (c) blew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) one (b) tail (c) sea
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) not (b) flu (c) weak
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) rode (b) sale (c) pear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knew (b) meet (c) waist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) male (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) here (b) toe (c) allowed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sea (b) night (c) past
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) plain (b) week (c) ate
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) heel (b) mist (c) sea
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) made (b) plain (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) waste (b) passed (c) allowed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) new (b) bury (c) aloud
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) by (b) ate (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) there (b) steal (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) sail (c) knot
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) deer (c) steel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) knew (b) flew (c) by
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) won (b) knight (c) mist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) road (c) their
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) one (b) see (c) plane
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) write (c) knew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) pear (b) write (c) bury
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flew (b) mist (c) heal

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. flour
  3. sale
  4. blew
  5. piece
  6. waste
  7. no
  8. hear
  9. no
  10. tale
  11. knew
  12. weight
  13. sea
  14. deer
  15. right
  16. sale
  17. see
  18. tail
  19. flu
  20. pear
  21. meet
  22. write
  23. toe
  24. past
  25. week
  26. mist
  27. plain
  28. allowed
  29. bury
  30. ate
  31. steal
  32. meet
  33. wait
  34. flew
  35. knight
  36. tow
  37. plane
  38. eight
  39. bury
  40. heal

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