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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 303 · 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) here (b) steal (c) not
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) wait (b) dear (c) plain
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) steel (b) rose (c) ate
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) plain (b) night (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bear (b) weak (c) break
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) bare (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) dear (c) sun
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) meet (b) plane (c) allowed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) maid (b) son (c) night
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) week (b) berry (c) brake
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) ate (c) toe
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) peace (b) break (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) by (b) cell (c) meat
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) flower
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) missed (b) plane (c) whole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tow (b) here (c) right
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sun (b) pear (c) cell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) sea (b) there (c) not
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) right (c) see
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) write (b) won (c) see
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hole (b) son (c) new
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) road (b) piece (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) rode (b) maid (c) bury
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) made (b) mist (c) flour
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) tale (b) mail (c) waist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) plain (b) meet (c) knew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) tow (c) not
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) right (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) right (b) buy (c) see
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) tail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) flu (b) tow (c) tail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) there (b) know (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) flew (c) tail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) their (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) grown (b) male (c) meet
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) break (c) by
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) tale (b) sell (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) steel (c) weak
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) male (c) plane
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) rose (b) berry (c) ate

Answer key

  1. not
  2. dear
  3. ate
  4. night
  5. weak
  6. son
  7. waste
  8. allowed
  9. son
  10. berry
  11. one
  12. break
  13. cell
  14. flower
  15. plane
  16. here
  17. pear
  18. not
  19. missed
  20. see
  21. new
  22. sail
  23. maid
  24. flour
  25. waist
  26. meet
  27. right
  28. sale
  29. see
  30. plain
  31. tail
  32. right
  33. knot
  34. groan
  35. male
  36. heel
  37. break
  38. night
  39. eight
  40. ate

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