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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 139 · 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 “eight”? (a) break (b) their (c) ate
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) mist (b) wait (c) grown
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) one (c) bare
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) missed (b) tow (c) sun
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) wait (c) blew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) flour (b) toe (c) meat
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) won (c) knot
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) aloud (b) sea (c) bury
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) whole (c) past
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) buy (b) one (c) heal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) rose (b) knight (c) their
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) pair (b) missed (c) hole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) pear (b) night (c) blew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) blue (b) their (c) mail
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) weak (c) waist
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) mist (c) week
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) won (b) bare (c) see
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) tow (c) one
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) pair (c) son
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) heel (b) flew (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) right (c) steal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) bare (b) eight (c) whole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) rode (c) groan
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) aloud (b) rose (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) mist (c) flu
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) tale (b) blue (c) new
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) brake (c) heel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) dear (b) their (c) wait
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) weak (b) berry (c) flu
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) by (c) missed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) weak (b) piece (c) heel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) heal (b) sell (c) tow
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) hear (c) right
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) new (b) piece (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) one
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) rose (c) mail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) there (b) brake (c) tow
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) pair (b) rode (c) here
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) write (c) knight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sun (b) new (c) write

Answer key

  1. ate
  2. grown
  3. rose
  4. sun
  5. knight
  6. meat
  7. blew
  8. bury
  9. cell
  10. heal
  11. knight
  12. hole
  13. night
  14. mail
  15. there
  16. no
  17. bare
  18. flour
  19. tail
  20. flew
  21. here
  22. whole
  23. male
  24. rose
  25. meat
  26. new
  27. flu
  28. wait
  29. berry
  30. maid
  31. heel
  32. sell
  33. aloud
  34. sun
  35. one
  36. waste
  37. tow
  38. rode
  39. cell
  40. write

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