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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 119 · 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 “know”? (a) no (b) road (c) new
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) steel (b) brake (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) by (b) maid (c) new
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) eight (c) waist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) bear (b) waste (c) night
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) blew (b) past (c) flour
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) mist (b) eight (c) weight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) no (b) bare (c) ate
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) dear (c) road
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) one (b) rode (c) bear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) tale (c) allowed
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) knight (b) new (c) sell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) heal (b) waist (c) pair
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) piece (b) groan (c) berry
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) meat
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) not (b) berry (c) ate
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) son (b) sea (c) groan
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) break (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) steal (b) knight (c) mail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) right (b) son (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) sale (c) here
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) aloud (b) whole (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) male (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) hear (b) grown (c) pair
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) mist (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) sell (b) eight (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) hear (b) knight (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) bear (b) tail (c) heal
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) know (c) groan
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) road (c) heal
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) maid (c) bare
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) buy (b) not (c) week
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) by
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sell (b) bare (c) no
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) rose (c) know
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) maid (b) tow (c) bear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) sun (b) one (c) blue
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) won (b) tale (c) sale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) brake (c) wait
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sale (b) pear (c) plain

Answer key

  1. no
  2. pair
  3. new
  4. plane
  5. night
  6. past
  7. weight
  8. bare
  9. won
  10. bear
  11. hole
  12. new
  13. waist
  14. groan
  15. sun
  16. berry
  17. groan
  18. cell
  19. mail
  20. son
  21. toe
  22. write
  23. pear
  24. grown
  25. passed
  26. eight
  27. knight
  28. heal
  29. knight
  30. whole
  31. break
  32. not
  33. by
  34. bare
  35. one
  36. tow
  37. one
  38. sale
  39. rode
  40. plain

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