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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 332 · 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 “no”? (a) know (b) flour (c) night
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) piece (c) flour
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) hear (b) sea (c) sail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) past (b) steal (c) aloud
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) rode (b) buy (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) night (c) allowed
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) hear (c) maid
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) cell (b) one (c) allowed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) aloud (b) sell (c) weight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) one (b) waste (c) night
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) rose (b) grown (c) steal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) sea (c) here
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) night (c) flour
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) flower (c) mist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) plain (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) sell (b) dear (c) piece
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) by (b) mist (c) hear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) aloud (b) night (c) buy
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) night (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) heel (c) hear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) flu (b) know (c) deer
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) rode (b) steal (c) groan
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) piece (b) sale (c) pair
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) right (b) bear (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knight (b) by (c) passed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) past (b) eight (c) there
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) not (b) rows (c) tow
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) flew (b) rows (c) hear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) son (c) one
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) sale (b) rows (c) tow
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) week (b) plain (c) maid
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) berry (c) here
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) groan (b) no (c) allowed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) rose (b) break (c) missed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) eight (c) flower
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) meat (b) won (c) son
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) won (c) ate
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) piece (b) grown (c) aloud
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) missed (c) sale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) ate (b) write (c) night

Answer key

  1. know
  2. blew
  3. sea
  4. aloud
  5. bury
  6. rode
  7. meet
  8. allowed
  9. sell
  10. waste
  11. grown
  12. knew
  13. new
  14. meat
  15. rose
  16. dear
  17. mist
  18. buy
  19. hole
  20. sail
  21. deer
  22. steal
  23. sale
  24. weak
  25. by
  26. there
  27. tow
  28. rows
  29. dear
  30. rows
  31. plain
  32. heel
  33. allowed
  34. missed
  35. sale
  36. won
  37. plain
  38. grown
  39. blue
  40. write

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