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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 293 · 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 “not”? (a) know (b) knew (c) knot
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) waste (b) write (c) new
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) heel (b) rode (c) there
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) road (b) pair (c) by
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) know (c) passed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) week (b) buy (c) knew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) cell (b) blue (c) ate
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) sun (b) pear (c) flower
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) knight (b) tale (c) ate
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) toe (b) hear (c) pair
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) knot (b) no (c) bury
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) bury
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) meat (b) flour (c) break
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) sell (c) rows
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) their (b) knot (c) heel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) sun (b) aloud (c) mist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) made (b) sun (c) toe
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) tale (b) cell (c) night
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) toe
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) night (b) there (c) weak
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) heal (b) flu (c) tail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) rows (b) dear (c) flew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) meet (b) knot (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) not (b) blue (c) flour
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) see (b) meet (c) buy
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) road (c) brake
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flower (b) new (c) grown
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) berry (b) flew (c) new
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sell (b) hear (c) one
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) bear (b) heel (c) night
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) aloud (c) maid
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) ate (b) sun (c) blew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) peace (c) sun
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) hear (b) one (c) tale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) flu (b) no (c) mist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) knot (b) see (c) tale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) peace (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) waist (b) heel (c) deer
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) flour (c) weight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) pear (b) week (c) rode

Answer key

  1. knot
  2. write
  3. rode
  4. pair
  5. knew
  6. buy
  7. blue
  8. flower
  9. tale
  10. hear
  11. no
  12. bury
  13. flour
  14. steal
  15. knot
  16. mist
  17. sun
  18. cell
  19. steel
  20. weak
  21. tail
  22. dear
  23. flower
  24. flour
  25. meet
  26. heal
  27. grown
  28. flew
  29. one
  30. night
  31. ate
  32. sun
  33. steal
  34. tale
  35. no
  36. see
  37. flu
  38. deer
  39. flew
  40. rode

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