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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 241 · 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) sell (b) knight (c) whole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) wait (c) here
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) break (b) eight (c) mail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) night (b) road (c) by
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) peace (b) heal (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) hole (b) plane (c) sell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) no (b) there (c) brake
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) plain (b) sun (c) right
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) break (b) made (c) knot
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) groan (b) bury (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) weak (b) past (c) eight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) made
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) blue (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) there (b) brake (c) buy
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) there (b) deer (c) write
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) waist (c) past
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) week (c) there
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flower (b) there (c) male
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) rose (b) mail (c) dear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) meet (b) blew (c) son
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) by
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) week (c) by
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) bear (b) rows (c) brake
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) hear (b) there (c) night
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) tail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) bear (b) rose (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bury (b) sea (c) bare
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) knot (c) new
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) flour (b) new (c) meat
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) rode (b) weight (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) brake (c) flew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) waste (c) meet
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) passed (c) grown
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) male (b) buy (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) missed
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) ate (b) see (c) pair
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) heel (b) night (c) buy
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) toe (b) knot (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) male (c) meet
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) knew (b) week (c) whole

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. grown
  3. mail
  4. by
  5. right
  6. plane
  7. brake
  8. sun
  9. made
  10. bury
  11. eight
  12. meat
  13. plane
  14. buy
  15. deer
  16. sale
  17. sea
  18. male
  19. dear
  20. blew
  21. by
  22. whole
  23. rows
  24. night
  25. rose
  26. flour
  27. bare
  28. eight
  29. meat
  30. weight
  31. not
  32. grown
  33. peace
  34. groan
  35. missed
  36. pair
  37. night
  38. groan
  39. tow
  40. whole

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