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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. past
  3. blue
  4. night
  5. right
  6. knot
  7. by
  8. here
  9. son
  10. sell
  11. their
  12. blew
  13. rode
  14. flour
  15. male
  16. weak
  17. week
  18. rose
  19. maid
  20. sea
  21. steel
  22. cell
  23. night
  24. wait
  25. there
  26. knew
  27. steal
  28. pear
  29. past
  30. by
  31. grown
  32. ate
  33. no
  34. no
  35. flu
  36. steal
  37. plane
  38. peace
  39. heal
  40. flower

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