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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 183 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) right (b) made (c) toe
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) son (b) tale (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) tale (b) toe (c) pair
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) missed (b) plane (c) tail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) road (b) knight (c) flour
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) groan (b) bear (c) knight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) allowed (b) sea (c) won
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) week (b) flu (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) one (b) plain (c) knew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) weak
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) here (c) knight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) sale (c) tow
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) peace (b) road (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) tow (c) knew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) knot (b) passed (c) new
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) mist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) grown (c) here
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) male (b) rose (c) not
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) night (b) weak (c) meet
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knew (b) here (c) toe
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) aloud (b) no (c) son
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) plain (b) whole (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) past (b) grown (c) steel
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) there (b) male (c) mist
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) write (b) past (c) flour
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) meat (b) piece (c) son
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) waste (b) past (c) wait
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) piece (c) rose
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) meat (b) flour (c) blue
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) night (b) hole (c) missed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) piece (b) hole (c) rows
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) mail (b) flour (c) steal
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) ate
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) flour (b) made (c) weak
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) pair (c) sale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) sail (b) tail (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) whole (b) dear (c) rows
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) wait (b) sale (c) dear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) missed (c) flower

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. pair
  3. toe
  4. tail
  5. flour
  6. knight
  7. sea
  8. hear
  9. knew
  10. blew
  11. ate
  12. know
  13. road
  14. piece
  15. passed
  16. mist
  17. one
  18. not
  19. weak
  20. flower
  21. here
  22. no
  23. whole
  24. grown
  25. mist
  26. flour
  27. piece
  28. wait
  29. blew
  30. blue
  31. missed
  32. hole
  33. steal
  34. blue
  35. made
  36. waist
  37. break
  38. rows
  39. sale
  40. their

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