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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 294 · 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 “knew”? (a) plain (b) here (c) new
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) tale (b) know (c) sail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) ate (c) write
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) passed (c) new
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) flower (b) steal (c) toe
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) deer (c) flour
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) plain (c) blew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) night (b) son (c) made
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) sell (c) not
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) knight (b) past (c) their
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) allowed (c) toe
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) rode (c) plain
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) see (b) mail (c) blew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) steal (b) know (c) rows
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) steal (c) groan
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) not (b) no (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) by (b) new (c) allowed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) tale (b) sell (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) heel (b) flower (c) whole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) flew (b) flower (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) here (b) allowed (c) rose
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) steal (c) sea
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) allowed (b) by (c) hole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) aloud (c) toe
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) hear (b) heel (c) ate
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) knew (c) rose
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) by (b) weak (c) ate
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) won (b) sun (c) by
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) male (b) missed (c) grown
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) road (b) here (c) peace
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) road (b) maid (c) sea
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) pear (b) sale (c) blew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) plain (b) wait (c) pear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) one (b) right (c) son
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) flour (c) son
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) meet (b) sell (c) flew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) won (c) dear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) flour (b) night (c) buy
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) new

Answer key

  1. new
  2. sail
  3. male
  4. see
  5. toe
  6. night
  7. there
  8. son
  9. deer
  10. their
  11. bury
  12. pair
  13. new
  14. mail
  15. rows
  16. hear
  17. no
  18. allowed
  19. sell
  20. whole
  21. berry
  22. rose
  23. plane
  24. by
  25. there
  26. ate
  27. steel
  28. weak
  29. sun
  30. grown
  31. here
  32. sea
  33. sale
  34. pear
  35. son
  36. sell
  37. flew
  38. hole
  39. buy
  40. hear

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