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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 261 · 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 “passed”? (a) there (b) past (c) flour
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) eight (c) pair
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) night (c) flour
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) missed (b) one (c) allowed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) flower (b) piece (c) their
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tale (b) night (c) knew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) ate (b) their (c) meet
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) know (b) sell (c) night
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) mail (b) toe (c) wait
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) rose (b) no (c) knot
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) meet (c) sun
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) grown (b) heel (c) not
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) piece (b) whole (c) flour
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) bear (b) dear (c) ate
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) sell (c) rode
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) sun
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) no (b) flower (c) flew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) knew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) bear (b) whole (c) pear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) new (c) passed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) blue (b) knot (c) plane
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) right (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) waist (c) road
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) see (b) there (c) knot
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) heel (b) rode (c) there
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) flower (c) meat
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) cell (b) pear (c) past
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) plane (b) flu (c) flower
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) sail (c) waist
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) bury (c) sale
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) past (b) knight (c) meat
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) cell (b) whole (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) allowed (c) hole
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) won (c) grown
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) waste (b) sun (c) break
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) rows
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) weak (c) see
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) mail (b) see (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sale (b) rode (c) peace
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) see (b) weak (c) pair

Answer key

  1. past
  2. son
  3. pear
  4. allowed
  5. piece
  6. knew
  7. their
  8. night
  9. toe
  10. no
  11. night
  12. not
  13. flour
  14. dear
  15. missed
  16. sun
  17. flew
  18. heel
  19. pear
  20. sun
  21. plane
  22. mail
  23. missed
  24. knot
  25. there
  26. write
  27. past
  28. flower
  29. meet
  30. pair
  31. knight
  32. whole
  33. cell
  34. new
  35. break
  36. hole
  37. rose
  38. see
  39. rode
  40. weak

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