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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. cell
  3. deer
  4. knight
  5. blue
  6. whole
  7. heel
  8. flour
  9. allowed
  10. see
  11. hole
  12. son
  13. their
  14. weight
  15. grown
  16. piece
  17. night
  18. rode
  19. flour
  20. berry
  21. heal
  22. pear
  23. mail
  24. tale
  25. dear
  26. one
  27. sea
  28. weak
  29. peace
  30. bear
  31. heel
  32. waist
  33. there
  34. missed
  35. maid
  36. one
  37. meat
  38. flower
  39. rows
  40. aloud

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