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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 302 · 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 “hole”? (a) flower (b) pair (c) whole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) not (b) mail (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) deer (b) flew (c) meat
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) won (c) tail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) past (b) one (c) tale
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) sun (c) night
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) by (b) blue (c) weight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) bear (b) grown (c) flu
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) past (b) plane (c) no
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) tail (c) not
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) new (b) deer (c) steal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) son (b) groan (c) weight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) waist (b) write (c) their
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) dear (b) hole (c) sea
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) mist (b) dear (c) sale
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) know (b) rose (c) rode
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) bare (c) knight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) one (b) knew (c) plain
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) one (b) waste (c) heal
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) right (b) knight (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) write (b) won (c) there
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) knot (b) heal (c) night
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) their (b) sail (c) by
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) new (b) allowed (c) plane
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) flower (c) won
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) blue (b) waste (c) cell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) peace (b) flew (c) whole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) grown (c) rode
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) here (b) toe (c) bear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) maid (b) flower (c) sale
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) flu (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) sea (b) road (c) bare
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tale (b) pear (c) waist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) flew (b) made (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) pear (b) here (c) sun
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) their (b) weight (c) allowed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) bare (c) pair
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) write (b) dear (c) pear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) here (b) bury (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) won (b) plain (c) night

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. sun
  3. meat
  4. peace
  5. tale
  6. missed
  7. blue
  8. grown
  9. no
  10. know
  11. deer
  12. weight
  13. their
  14. sea
  15. sale
  16. rode
  17. son
  18. knew
  19. waste
  20. knight
  21. won
  22. night
  23. by
  24. allowed
  25. male
  26. cell
  27. flew
  28. plane
  29. toe
  30. flower
  31. bury
  32. road
  33. waist
  34. made
  35. here
  36. allowed
  37. past
  38. dear
  39. bury
  40. night

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