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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 336 · 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 “knight”? (a) waste (b) night (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) here (b) knight (c) hole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) knot (c) steal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) buy (b) deer (c) hear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sea (b) flower (c) flu
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) deer (b) right (c) pair
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) flu (c) bear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) hear (b) by (c) see
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) there (c) tale
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) eight (b) pair (c) male
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) berry
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) won (b) rose (c) break
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sale (b) won (c) weight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) grown (b) pear (c) son
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) plane (b) sell (c) steal
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) flower (c) aloud
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) groan (b) sun (c) know
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) write (b) meet (c) weak
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) plain (b) road (c) write
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) mail (b) toe (c) night
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) grown (b) bury (c) sale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) weak (b) dear (c) by
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) rows
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) piece (c) meet
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) passed (c) break
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) flower (b) there (c) male
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) flu (c) waist
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) pear (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) blew (c) flour
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) buy (c) week
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) aloud (b) deer (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) heel (c) hole
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) son (b) tow (c) night
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) peace (c) tail
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) brake (b) aloud (c) heal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) tow (b) one (c) hole
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) mist (c) hear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) meat (c) road
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) there (b) hear (c) blew
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) knight (b) here (c) week

Answer key

  1. night
  2. hole
  3. new
  4. deer
  5. flu
  6. right
  7. brake
  8. by
  9. grown
  10. pair
  11. blew
  12. break
  13. won
  14. pear
  15. sell
  16. knight
  17. know
  18. meet
  19. write
  20. toe
  21. bury
  22. dear
  23. sea
  24. bear
  25. knot
  26. male
  27. not
  28. know
  29. bear
  30. won
  31. rose
  32. made
  33. tow
  34. hear
  35. heal
  36. hole
  37. wait
  38. there
  39. blew
  40. week

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