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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 252 · 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 “groan”? (a) grown (b) weak (c) ate
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) wait (b) pear (c) plane
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) not
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) sea (c) sail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) won (c) no
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) pair (b) night (c) berry
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) right (b) sun (c) sail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) road (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) sale (b) meet (c) know
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bear (b) buy (c) weak
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) wait (b) bear (c) rows
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) by (b) week (c) missed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) knight (b) break (c) weight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) know (b) tail (c) plain
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) here (b) new (c) their
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) knew (b) hear (c) plain
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) pear (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) blew (c) mist
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flu (b) flower (c) mail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) wait (b) won (c) buy
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) passed (b) right (c) ate
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) mail (c) son
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) won (b) night (c) past
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) here (b) rows (c) their
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) one
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) whole (c) heel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sun (b) allowed (c) mail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) bear (c) son
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) flour (c) there
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) flower (b) knot (c) won
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) road (c) past
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) waste (b) tale (c) flour
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) flower (b) flu (c) meat
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) grown (b) their (c) mist
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) berry (c) flu
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) waste (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) knight (c) waist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) made (b) male (c) no
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) bare (b) mist (c) knight

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. pear
  3. aloud
  4. rode
  5. waste
  6. night
  7. sun
  8. know
  9. know
  10. weak
  11. rows
  12. missed
  13. weight
  14. tail
  15. new
  16. plain
  17. knew
  18. new
  19. flower
  20. buy
  21. ate
  22. blew
  23. past
  24. their
  25. steal
  26. flour
  27. past
  28. mail
  29. hole
  30. sail
  31. knot
  32. sun
  33. tale
  34. meat
  35. mist
  36. sail
  37. plain
  38. week
  39. male
  40. mist

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