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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 267 · 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 “knew”? (a) new (b) passed (c) flour
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) right (b) knight (c) rows
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) knew (b) sell (c) sun
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) their (b) bare (c) heal
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) blue (c) past
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) dear (b) male (c) won
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) here (b) sea (c) flew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) ate (b) pear (c) deer
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) knew (b) whole (c) buy
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tale (b) hear (c) meat
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) mist
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) not (b) knew (c) knight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) sale (b) by (c) waste
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) maid (b) road (c) cell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) see (b) flew (c) sun
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) dear (b) knew (c) won
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) blue (b) plane (c) son
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) hear (b) grown (c) tail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) flower (b) knew (c) road
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) sail (c) knot
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) won (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) dear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) flu (b) sale (c) knot
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) passed (b) by (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) road (b) tale (c) whole
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) toe (b) deer (c) maid
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mail (b) passed (c) wait
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) meat (c) plane
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) buy (b) past (c) meat
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) tale (b) write (c) rows
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) son
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) hole (b) waste (c) sell
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) one (c) passed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) bare (b) allowed (c) flew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) pear (b) break (c) week
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) knight
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) past (b) sea (c) hole
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) there (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) write (c) new
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) peace (b) allowed (c) mail

Answer key

  1. new
  2. rows
  3. sun
  4. heal
  5. berry
  6. male
  7. sea
  8. pear
  9. buy
  10. meat
  11. bear
  12. knight
  13. waste
  14. cell
  15. sun
  16. won
  17. son
  18. grown
  19. road
  20. whole
  21. plain
  22. dear
  23. sale
  24. flower
  25. tale
  26. maid
  27. wait
  28. here
  29. meat
  30. rows
  31. son
  32. sell
  33. brake
  34. allowed
  35. week
  36. passed
  37. hole
  38. heal
  39. tail
  40. mail

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