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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 295 · 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 “knot”? (a) sun (b) knight (c) not
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) son (c) tale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) won (c) wait
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) knight (b) eight (c) sail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) male (c) deer
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) whole (b) deer (c) meet
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) weight (b) heal (c) know
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) new (c) sail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) by (c) son
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) night (c) dear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) bury (c) maid
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) missed (b) bear (c) tale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) allowed (b) meet (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) night (c) heel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) maid (b) there (c) hole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) meat (c) sail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) made (c) rode
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sea (c) tail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) buy (b) plain (c) pear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) here (b) week (c) rose
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sun (b) meet (c) flew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) know (c) here
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) wait (b) no (c) pear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) tail (c) pear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) road (b) meat (c) pair
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) blew (b) buy (c) one
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) new (c) hear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) made (b) wait (c) waist
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) heel (b) toe (c) mist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) plain (c) bury
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tale (b) plain (c) knew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) rode (b) past (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) heal (b) knight (c) meat
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) meat (c) deer
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sale (c) there
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) flour (b) wait (c) blew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) tale (c) sell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) bear (c) knot
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sun (b) bury (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) allowed (b) sail (c) their

Answer key

  1. not
  2. sail
  3. blue
  4. eight
  5. sea
  6. deer
  7. know
  8. no
  9. weight
  10. tale
  11. flower
  12. bear
  13. son
  14. flour
  15. there
  16. maid
  17. knight
  18. one
  19. plain
  20. rose
  21. meet
  22. bare
  23. pear
  24. their
  25. pair
  26. buy
  27. night
  28. wait
  29. toe
  30. buy
  31. knew
  32. past
  33. meat
  34. whole
  35. allowed
  36. wait
  37. mist
  38. see
  39. bury
  40. sail

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