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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 176 · 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 “groan”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) heel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) grown (b) new (c) heal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) there (b) tow (c) piece
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) their (b) son (c) tale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) groan (c) rows
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) their (c) groan
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rows (b) deer (c) son
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) bare (c) past
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) one (b) pair (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) allowed (b) by (c) break
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) one (b) peace (c) cell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) no (b) eight (c) here
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) pair
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) aloud (b) flew (c) blew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) past (c) blew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) by (b) passed (c) sea
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) brake (c) rows
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) right (b) one (c) deer
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knew (b) whole (c) ate
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) knot
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) sail (b) knot (c) waist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) male (c) mist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) waste
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) won (b) flour (c) piece
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) maid (b) mail (c) hear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) sea (b) past (c) blue
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) pair (b) passed (c) allowed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) heel (b) by (c) right
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) waste (b) brake (c) rode
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) road (b) mail (c) won
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) one (b) here (c) pear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) blue (b) heel (c) brake
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) berry (b) rows (c) here
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) pear (b) sea (c) break
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flour (b) new (c) deer
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) weight (c) pear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) piece (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) wait (b) see (c) knew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) peace (b) plain (c) waist
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) hear (c) tow

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. heal
  3. tow
  4. tale
  5. week
  6. not
  7. son
  8. blue
  9. pair
  10. by
  11. cell
  12. here
  13. bury
  14. blew
  15. no
  16. passed
  17. waste
  18. deer
  19. ate
  20. knot
  21. waist
  22. made
  23. toe
  24. piece
  25. hear
  26. past
  27. passed
  28. by
  29. rode
  30. won
  31. here
  32. brake
  33. rows
  34. sea
  35. new
  36. buy
  37. sun
  38. knew
  39. plain
  40. knew

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