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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 301 · 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 “not”? (a) by (b) won (c) knot
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flower (b) meat (c) sea
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) bury (b) road (c) write
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flu (b) eight (c) right
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) blue (c) tow
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) pear (b) bare (c) won
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flew (b) ate (c) night
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) tale (c) buy
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) here (c) no
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) road
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) bury (b) buy (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) plane (b) rose (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) one (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) rode (c) ate
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) heel
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) new (c) flew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) made (c) pear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) pair (b) wait (c) tale
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) rode (b) pair (c) made
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tale (b) allowed (c) plane
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) break (b) son (c) write
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) past (b) pear (c) tow
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) bury (b) maid (c) male
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) aloud (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) piece (b) wait (c) blew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) waist
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) by
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) rose (c) flu
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) sea (b) weight (c) waist
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) there (c) wait
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) missed (c) blew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) brake (c) sea
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) their (b) steel (c) night
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) tow (b) here (c) blew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) rose (b) bury (c) no
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) aloud
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) here (b) flower (c) allowed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) plain (c) tail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) peace (b) allowed (c) hear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) week (b) dear (c) not

Answer key

  1. knot
  2. sea
  3. road
  4. eight
  5. cell
  6. won
  7. ate
  8. one
  9. plane
  10. flu
  11. buy
  12. rose
  13. flew
  14. flour
  15. heel
  16. bear
  17. weight
  18. wait
  19. made
  20. allowed
  21. write
  22. tow
  23. male
  24. maid
  25. wait
  26. ate
  27. blue
  28. passed
  29. weight
  30. heal
  31. weak
  32. blue
  33. steel
  34. here
  35. bury
  36. hear
  37. flower
  38. meat
  39. allowed
  40. not

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