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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 345 · 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 “missed”? (a) rows (b) mist (c) by
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) sun (c) blue
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) won
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) toe (b) male (c) tail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) brake (c) weak
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) rose (b) tale (c) meat
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) male (b) whole (c) heel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) write (c) mail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) cell (b) sale (c) night
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) pear (b) grown (c) flour
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) rode (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) rose (b) night (c) waist
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) passed (b) road (c) knot
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) groan (c) sun
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) waist (b) peace (c) whole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) right (b) no (c) hear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) heel (b) by (c) deer
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) plane (b) flu (c) ate
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) flew (c) bury
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) wait (b) blew (c) heel
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) toe (b) one (c) knight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) one (b) knight (c) by
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) toe (c) peace
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) flour (b) no (c) whole
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) blew (b) berry (c) brake
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) write (c) knot
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) meet (c) flour
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) meat (b) plane (c) write
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) son (b) male (c) there
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) sun (c) see
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) hear (b) dear (c) week
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) road (b) missed (c) by
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) pair (c) flower
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) plane (b) no (c) tale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) bare (b) piece (c) flew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) new
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) not (b) flu (c) eight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) road (b) meet (c) hole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) missed (c) peace
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) write (b) bare (c) cell

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. here
  3. won
  4. tail
  5. pair
  6. meat
  7. heel
  8. rode
  9. sale
  10. grown
  11. groan
  12. waist
  13. road
  14. male
  15. whole
  16. no
  17. by
  18. flu
  19. sun
  20. blew
  21. one
  22. knight
  23. berry
  24. whole
  25. brake
  26. flu
  27. rows
  28. write
  29. there
  30. berry
  31. week
  32. missed
  33. night
  34. tale
  35. piece
  36. new
  37. eight
  38. hole
  39. rows
  40. cell

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