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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 225 · 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 “son”? (a) made (b) sun (c) mail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) night (b) pair (c) sale
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) their (b) cell (c) weak
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) pair (b) eight (c) there
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) steal (b) rows (c) maid
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sell (b) their (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) no (b) piece (c) cell
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) not (b) wait (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) missed (b) break (c) son
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) plane (c) wait
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sale (b) knight (c) tow
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) sun (c) deer
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) tale (b) cell (c) grown
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) rode (b) night (c) bury
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) eight (c) dear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) son (c) new
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) write (b) dear (c) groan
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) plain (b) knot (c) hear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) won (b) right (c) steel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) there (c) flu
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) hear (b) son (c) grown
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) no (b) dear (c) flew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) allowed (c) flu
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) not (b) missed (c) dear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) mist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) new (b) see (c) passed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) buy (b) knew (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flour (b) maid (c) tow
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) tale (b) male (c) by
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) tow (c) sale
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sale (b) waist (c) night
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) weak (c) blew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) berry (b) steel (c) eight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) tale (b) rows (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) won (c) sail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) rose (c) heel
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) their
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) no (c) bare
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) mail (b) won (c) plane
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) allowed (c) mist

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. pair
  3. weak
  4. there
  5. rows
  6. plain
  7. piece
  8. eight
  9. break
  10. flour
  11. knight
  12. weight
  13. grown
  14. bury
  15. know
  16. heal
  17. groan
  18. knot
  19. steel
  20. not
  21. grown
  22. dear
  23. flour
  24. missed
  25. sell
  26. passed
  27. knew
  28. tow
  29. by
  30. right
  31. night
  32. sale
  33. eight
  34. rows
  35. here
  36. maid
  37. steel
  38. peace
  39. won
  40. deer

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