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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 314 · 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 “hole”? (a) sale (b) knot (c) whole
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) aloud (b) heel (c) one
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) mail (b) no (c) deer
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) meat (b) see (c) sail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) deer (b) hear (c) mail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) berry (b) knight (c) wait
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) break (b) bury (c) piece
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) toe (b) rose (c) flew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) dear (b) not (c) bear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) tale (b) there (c) knew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) grown (b) brake (c) maid
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) rows (b) no (c) flu
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) flu (c) knew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) pear (b) maid (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) waste (b) sale (c) flower
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) flower (c) mail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bare (b) peace (c) weak
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) blew (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) allowed (b) cell (c) son
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) new (b) meet (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) here (c) male
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) missed (b) eight (c) dear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) meat (c) blew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) here (c) night
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) bury (b) ate (c) hole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) not (b) brake (c) passed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) night (b) flour (c) dear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) flu (b) know (c) bare
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) berry (b) week (c) blew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) eight (b) sell (c) blue
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) knot (c) weight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) road (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sale (b) aloud (c) night
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) bury (b) tow (c) maid
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) night (c) meet
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) steal (b) flew (c) waist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) plain (b) rose (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) rode (b) dear (c) no
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) eight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) break (c) whole

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. heel
  3. no
  4. sail
  5. hear
  6. knight
  7. bury
  8. flew
  9. not
  10. there
  11. brake
  12. flu
  13. their
  14. sun
  15. sale
  16. knew
  17. weak
  18. maid
  19. son
  20. meet
  21. mist
  22. dear
  23. tale
  24. pear
  25. hole
  26. passed
  27. dear
  28. bare
  29. week
  30. sell
  31. tale
  32. bear
  33. night
  34. tow
  35. not
  36. waist
  37. rose
  38. no
  39. eight
  40. waste

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