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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 349 · 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 “grown”? (a) groan (b) rows (c) blue
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flower (b) flu (c) maid
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) waist (b) past (c) hole
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) won (b) cell (c) allowed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) tail (c) rows
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) buy (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) week (b) tow (c) flew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) one (b) sale (c) past
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) sea
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) plane (b) week (c) male
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) waist (b) week (c) peace
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) maid (c) here
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) steal (b) know (c) road
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) made (b) by (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) wait (b) sun (c) right
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) weight (b) week (c) allowed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) deer (c) rows
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) night (b) know (c) road
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) passed (b) toe (c) waste
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) write (b) not (c) rose
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hear (b) new (c) write
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) waste (c) flower
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) peace (c) weak
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) male (b) aloud (c) bear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) their (c) not
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) new (c) brake
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) male (c) dear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) break (b) aloud (c) know
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) steal (b) passed (c) won
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) right (b) here (c) whole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) steel (c) won
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) tail (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) steel (c) sail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sea (b) weak (c) flew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) rose (b) break (c) aloud
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) meat (c) mist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) deer (b) sun (c) steal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) son (b) night (c) no
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) right (c) sale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) cell (b) rows (c) tail

Answer key

  1. groan
  2. maid
  3. hole
  4. allowed
  5. flower
  6. knight
  7. tow
  8. past
  9. rode
  10. week
  11. peace
  12. rose
  13. know
  14. heel
  15. sun
  16. allowed
  17. by
  18. road
  19. toe
  20. not
  21. new
  22. flu
  23. steel
  24. bear
  25. new
  26. dear
  27. meet
  28. know
  29. won
  30. here
  31. pair
  32. no
  33. male
  34. weak
  35. break
  36. see
  37. sun
  38. night
  39. grown
  40. rows

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