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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 181 · 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 “tow”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) by (c) sell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) steal (c) hear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) dear (b) see (c) flower
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) road (b) tow (c) week
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) meat
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) right (b) waste (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) steal (c) pair
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) knot
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) rows (b) week (c) allowed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) right (c) eight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) road (b) sell (c) weight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) groan (b) eight (c) tail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) dear (b) road (c) flower
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) flu (b) there (c) here
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) steal (b) right (c) passed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) write (b) here (c) by
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) flew (c) blew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) missed (b) won (c) aloud
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) know (b) knight (c) missed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) toe (b) heel (c) new
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) pair (b) missed (c) sale
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) weak (b) wait (c) heal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) meat (b) bury (c) flower
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) heel (b) new (c) pear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) rows (b) weak (c) tow
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) plain (c) road
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) here (c) past
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) know
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) bury (b) blue (c) past
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) one (c) dear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) brake (c) berry
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) right (c) piece
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flu (b) knew (c) mist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sea (b) waste (c) sail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flew (b) steel (c) knew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bury (b) bare (c) knew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) missed (c) male
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) hole (c) rode
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) see (b) break (c) flour

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. maid
  3. write
  4. see
  5. week
  6. meat
  7. allowed
  8. not
  9. knot
  10. allowed
  11. one
  12. weight
  13. eight
  14. road
  15. here
  16. right
  17. by
  18. buy
  19. aloud
  20. knight
  21. new
  22. sale
  23. wait
  24. bury
  25. pear
  26. tow
  27. cell
  28. waste
  29. know
  30. blue
  31. knot
  32. made
  33. blew
  34. knew
  35. sail
  36. knew
  37. bare
  38. grown
  39. no
  40. flour

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