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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 240 · 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 “night”? (a) not (b) flew (c) knight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) whole (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) steel (b) mist (c) night
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sea (b) meat (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) night (b) aloud (c) cell
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) waist (b) buy (c) sell
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) heel (b) sail (c) berry
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) flour (c) ate
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) write (b) wait (c) not
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) grown
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) eight (b) groan (c) passed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) right (b) tale (c) sun
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) rose (c) plane
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) break
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) berry (b) flu (c) knew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sea (b) berry (c) sell
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) deer (b) groan (c) sale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) blue (b) know (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) by (b) aloud (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) bury (b) flu (c) grown
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) hole (b) dear (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flu (b) break (c) berry
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) piece (b) sun (c) hole
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) week (b) sail (c) right
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) night (b) cell (c) tale
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) mail (b) night (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) blew (b) steal (c) past
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) plain (c) flu
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) won (b) ate (c) week
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) dear (c) knew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) their (b) blew (c) know
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) wait (b) road (c) rose
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) knot (c) son
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) knew (b) one (c) waste
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) wait (b) won (c) heal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) week (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) ate (b) week (c) bare
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) whole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) right (b) ate (c) made
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) heal (b) pair (c) peace

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. steel
  3. mist
  4. meat
  5. cell
  6. buy
  7. berry
  8. son
  9. wait
  10. rose
  11. passed
  12. sun
  13. one
  14. plane
  15. knew
  16. sell
  17. sale
  18. male
  19. missed
  20. grown
  21. dear
  22. berry
  23. hole
  24. right
  25. tale
  26. night
  27. past
  28. piece
  29. ate
  30. pair
  31. know
  32. road
  33. there
  34. waste
  35. won
  36. bare
  37. week
  38. whole
  39. made
  40. pair

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