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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. ate
  3. right
  4. here
  5. their
  6. allowed
  7. pair
  8. weak
  9. their
  10. mist
  11. no
  12. tale
  13. night
  14. son
  15. rode
  16. male
  17. plane
  18. hear
  19. tale
  20. allowed
  21. buy
  22. weight
  23. blew
  24. passed
  25. whole
  26. rose
  27. weak
  28. there
  29. knew
  30. by
  31. right
  32. by
  33. knight
  34. knight
  35. sale
  36. eight
  37. whole
  38. heal
  39. flower
  40. won

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