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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 358 · 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 “night”? (a) berry (b) not (c) knight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) deer (b) knight (c) son
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) cell (b) sun (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) aloud (b) maid (c) write
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) piece (b) ate (c) break
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) eight (b) heel (c) tale
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) tale (c) flower
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) mail (b) sail (c) see
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) mist (b) peace (c) male
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) there (b) maid (c) won
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) knew (c) here
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) hear (b) son (c) steel
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) allowed (b) flower (c) pear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) rose (b) bear (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) no (b) tail (c) son
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) no (b) aloud (c) there
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) eight (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flower (b) mail (c) see
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) flew (b) hear (c) week
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) brake (b) past (c) made
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) road (c) night
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) passed (b) male (c) plain
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) deer (b) tale (c) berry
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) by (c) there
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) berry (c) not
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flower (b) their (c) hole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) tow (b) grown (c) their
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bear (b) see (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) steal (b) no (c) allowed
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) male (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) wait (b) blue (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) son (b) steal (c) weak
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) tail (b) hear (c) weight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) rose (b) new (c) hear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sail (b) waste (c) flu
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flour (b) sun (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sun (b) night (c) know
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) not (b) pear (c) son
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) waste (b) sell (c) knight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) hear (c) passed

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. son
  3. maid
  4. write
  5. ate
  6. tale
  7. pear
  8. see
  9. peace
  10. won
  11. plain
  12. steel
  13. pear
  14. bear
  15. tail
  16. aloud
  17. not
  18. mail
  19. week
  20. past
  21. waste
  22. plain
  23. berry
  24. allowed
  25. blue
  26. hole
  27. grown
  28. see
  29. no
  30. here
  31. night
  32. weak
  33. weight
  34. hear
  35. flu
  36. sell
  37. know
  38. son
  39. knight
  40. sale

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