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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 297 · 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 “weight”? (a) right (b) knight (c) wait
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) one (c) tow
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) no (b) knot (c) toe
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) berry (b) bear (c) weight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) bury
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) there (c) berry
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flew (b) bear (c) not
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) made (c) plane
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) tale (b) whole (c) road
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) allowed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) grown (b) past (c) brake
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) cell (c) waist
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) one (b) knew (c) road
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) blue (b) plane (c) sea
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) there (c) sun
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) won (c) tow
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flower (b) tail (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) groan (c) not
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) steel (b) plane (c) male
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) steal (b) passed (c) knew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) won (b) whole (c) waist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) piece (b) no (c) bare
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) steal (b) allowed (c) sun
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) mist (b) passed (c) write
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) bare (b) tail (c) rode
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) missed (c) hole
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) sell (c) dear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) grown (c) bear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sale (b) meet (c) pair
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) peace (b) eight (c) sail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) brake (b) steal (c) deer
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) knew (b) steal (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) flour (c) toe
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) piece (b) waste (c) weight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) there (b) road (c) waist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) knew (b) road (c) blue
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) tow (b) steel (c) tail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) buy (b) tail (c) flew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) knew (c) sea
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) passed (b) night (c) heel

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. son
  3. knot
  4. weight
  5. bury
  6. pear
  7. not
  8. whole
  9. whole
  10. allowed
  11. past
  12. grown
  13. road
  14. plane
  15. past
  16. hear
  17. male
  18. tow
  19. male
  20. passed
  21. waist
  22. no
  23. sun
  24. passed
  25. rode
  26. write
  27. knew
  28. plain
  29. meet
  30. eight
  31. deer
  32. their
  33. blew
  34. weight
  35. road
  36. blue
  37. steel
  38. flew
  39. won
  40. night

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