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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 218 · 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 “son”? (a) flour (b) there (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) heel (b) knot (c) rode
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) waist (b) toe (c) sale
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) grown (b) maid (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) one (c) see
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) week (b) groan (c) night
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) passed (c) waste
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) know (c) ate
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) knight (b) steel (c) by
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) son (b) wait (c) male
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) male (c) cell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) knot (b) toe (c) flu
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meat (b) sell (c) new
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knew (b) allowed (c) flour
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) allowed (c) wait
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) rows (b) groan (c) knot
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) see (b) flour (c) break
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) plane
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) see (b) blue (c) cell
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) road (b) sea (c) sell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) hole (c) here
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) weight (b) bear (c) see
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) flew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) know (b) one (c) steal
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) flew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knew (b) by (c) mail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) there (b) hear (c) meet
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) won (b) heel (c) break
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) rode (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) heel (b) weak (c) night
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) sea (b) flew (c) heal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) by (b) flower (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) new (b) bare (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) berry (b) waste (c) missed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) aloud
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) eight (b) grown (c) pear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) ate
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) peace (b) knot (c) steal
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) waist (b) meat (c) maid
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sail (b) one (c) tow

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. rode
  3. sale
  4. maid
  5. tow
  6. night
  7. flew
  8. missed
  9. steel
  10. male
  11. whole
  12. flu
  13. new
  14. flour
  15. heal
  16. knot
  17. flour
  18. allowed
  19. cell
  20. sea
  21. piece
  22. see
  23. knight
  24. steal
  25. hear
  26. by
  27. meet
  28. break
  29. not
  30. night
  31. heal
  32. there
  33. pear
  34. waste
  35. aloud
  36. pear
  37. ate
  38. steal
  39. maid
  40. one

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