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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 253 · 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 “male”? (a) hole (b) sale (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) night (c) road
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) waste (c) aloud
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) piece (b) not (c) steel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) see (b) blew (c) hole
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) wait (b) flew (c) here
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) plane (b) won (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) meet (b) grown (c) deer
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) wait (c) write
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) mail (b) not (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) no (b) meet (c) berry
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) son (b) wait (c) toe
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) their (b) steal (c) won
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) mist (b) their (c) night
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) past (c) right
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) weak (c) brake
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) flour (b) blew (c) hear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) flour (c) plain
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) rode (b) ate (c) steel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) maid (c) sea
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) here (c) ate
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) see (c) break
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) aloud (b) bury (c) son
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) pear (b) male (c) tale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) meet (b) knot (c) sail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) night (b) heel (c) cell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) piece (b) made (c) break
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) weight (b) passed (c) mail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) deer (b) buy (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) their (b) heal (c) missed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) allowed (c) hear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) steel (b) night (c) week
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) peace (c) meat
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) missed (b) flour (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) made (b) berry (c) tail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) knot (b) dear (c) won
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) bear (b) flu (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) pair (c) tail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) wait (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) road (c) peace

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. by
  3. no
  4. not
  5. hole
  6. here
  7. won
  8. grown
  9. rows
  10. not
  11. meet
  12. wait
  13. steal
  14. their
  15. here
  16. flour
  17. hear
  18. aloud
  19. ate
  20. know
  21. plain
  22. by
  23. son
  24. male
  25. knot
  26. cell
  27. break
  28. passed
  29. buy
  30. missed
  31. right
  32. night
  33. rose
  34. sun
  35. tail
  36. dear
  37. flower
  38. whole
  39. new
  40. aloud

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