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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 242 · 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 “sun”? (a) sail (b) tale (c) son
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) meat (b) break (c) knew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) allowed (c) flower
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flew (b) not (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) not (b) missed (c) bare
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) wait (c) steel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) their (b) write (c) bury
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) one (b) eight (c) pair
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) missed (b) groan (c) peace
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) peace (b) mail (c) bury
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) blue (c) peace
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) meat (b) new (c) male
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) mail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) blew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) aloud
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) cell (c) flew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) passed (c) rows
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) won (c) heal
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) hole
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) mist (b) there (c) groan
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) hole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) sea (b) flew (c) rows
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) one (b) berry (c) ate
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) made (b) won (c) know
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) rode (c) flour
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) flu (c) past
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) hear (b) made (c) bury
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) pear (b) sea (c) knot
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) no (b) rode (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) break (c) sale
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) by (b) bare (c) break
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) here (b) sale (c) pair
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) know (b) write (c) waist
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) waste (b) eight (c) wait
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) knew (b) won (c) whole
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) hole (b) night (c) waste
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) rode (b) sail (c) grown
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flower (b) right (c) mist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) right (c) whole
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knight (b) blew (c) pair

Answer key

  1. son
  2. knew
  3. no
  4. not
  5. missed
  6. deer
  7. write
  8. pair
  9. groan
  10. mail
  11. tale
  12. male
  13. mail
  14. meet
  15. aloud
  16. sun
  17. flour
  18. cell
  19. hole
  20. there
  21. weak
  22. rows
  23. berry
  24. know
  25. heal
  26. knight
  27. made
  28. knot
  29. rode
  30. steal
  31. break
  32. sale
  33. waist
  34. eight
  35. whole
  36. night
  37. grown
  38. right
  39. flew
  40. blew

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