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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 229 · 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 “missed”? (a) waste (b) mist (c) whole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) no (b) aloud (c) hole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) whole (b) sale (c) eight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) heel (b) knight (c) rode
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) tale (b) passed (c) hear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) rose (b) flower (c) break
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) berry (c) pair
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) mail (b) see (c) flu
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) pear (b) berry (c) plane
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) rows (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) see (b) son (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flour (b) maid (c) tale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) week (b) mist (c) tow
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) sail (c) there
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sail (b) grown (c) passed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) flower (c) dear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) night (b) whole (c) son
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) toe (b) weight (c) brake
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) plain (c) their
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) meat (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) right (b) piece (c) night
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) peace (b) here (c) toe
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) no (b) here (c) son
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) groan (b) knight (c) write
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) waist (c) there
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) here (b) bear (c) meat
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) by (b) cell (c) toe
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) blue (b) tail (c) weight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) write (b) see (c) by
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) break (b) ate (c) meat
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) right (b) knight (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) break (b) bear (c) ate
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) sell (c) night
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) write (b) new (c) flew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) flew (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flour (b) flu (c) mail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) tail (b) weak (c) mail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) allowed (c) buy
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) meet (c) waist
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) made (b) missed (c) see

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. aloud
  3. eight
  4. knight
  5. hear
  6. flower
  7. brake
  8. flu
  9. berry
  10. aloud
  11. flour
  12. maid
  13. tow
  14. brake
  15. grown
  16. here
  17. son
  18. weight
  19. sun
  20. waste
  21. night
  22. toe
  23. here
  24. write
  25. knot
  26. meat
  27. cell
  28. tail
  29. by
  30. ate
  31. knight
  32. ate
  33. bury
  34. new
  35. rows
  36. mail
  37. mail
  38. blew
  39. piece
  40. see

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