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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 230 · 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 “no”? (a) know (b) tale (c) night
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) buy (b) rows (c) flour
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) won (c) rose
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) hole (b) sun (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) pair (b) night (c) heal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) knot (b) grown (c) tale
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) sell (c) plain
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) flower (b) tale (c) pair
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) sail (c) one
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) flour (c) pear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) won (c) son
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) meat (b) sale (c) weight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) past (b) week (c) buy
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) piece (b) bury (c) right
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) blue (b) flower (c) see
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) hear (b) waist (c) passed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) ate (b) waste (c) tale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) road
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) here (c) bare
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) meet (b) male (c) dear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) sail (c) know
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) flu (c) week
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) week
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) hear (b) weight (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) missed (c) steel
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) made (b) bury (c) allowed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) flour (c) sun
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) steal (b) allowed (c) peace
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) whole (c) sale
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) waist (b) peace (c) berry
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) blue (b) flew (c) steal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) heel (b) cell (c) made
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) sell (c) hear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) won (b) new (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) plain (c) eight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flower (b) flew (c) allowed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) past (b) there (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) flu (b) eight (c) cell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) there (b) weight (c) rose
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) night (b) grown (c) son

Answer key

  1. know
  2. flour
  3. bury
  4. sun
  5. night
  6. tale
  7. rose
  8. tale
  9. new
  10. piece
  11. there
  12. sale
  13. buy
  14. right
  15. see
  16. passed
  17. waste
  18. blue
  19. flour
  20. dear
  21. grown
  22. there
  23. toe
  24. weight
  25. bury
  26. allowed
  27. no
  28. peace
  29. one
  30. berry
  31. steal
  32. cell
  33. steel
  34. flower
  35. sell
  36. allowed
  37. pair
  38. cell
  39. weight
  40. grown

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