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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 364 · 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 “there”? (a) plane (b) their (c) knot
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sale (b) flour (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) week (b) one (c) right
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) plain (c) no
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) brake (b) their (c) groan
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) see
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) wait (b) meat (c) weak
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) piece (b) tale (c) week
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) meet (c) passed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) deer (b) flew (c) new
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) whole (b) by (c) knight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) blew (b) not (c) week
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sun (b) tow (c) weight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) hole (c) pear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) their (b) son (c) deer
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) past (b) week (c) right
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) plain (c) one
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) heel (c) tow
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) bare (b) sun (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) pair (b) road (c) heel
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) blue (b) aloud (c) won
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) cell (b) heal (c) dear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) eight (b) heel (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) pair (b) night (c) there
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) bury (b) plane (c) piece
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) son (b) heal (c) passed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) deer (b) berry (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) new (b) toe (c) peace
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) no (b) deer (c) night
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) rose (b) sale (c) toe
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) pear (b) one (c) mist
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) steel (c) blew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) buy (b) knight (c) mist
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) piece (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) steel
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) male (c) flu
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) write (b) see (c) mist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) one (b) weight (c) meet
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) not (b) sea (c) rode

Answer key

  1. their
  2. flour
  3. right
  4. weight
  5. groan
  6. sale
  7. meat
  8. tale
  9. won
  10. new
  11. by
  12. not
  13. tow
  14. break
  15. son
  16. week
  17. steal
  18. break
  19. sun
  20. road
  21. aloud
  22. dear
  23. meet
  24. night
  25. plane
  26. passed
  27. berry
  28. toe
  29. night
  30. sale
  31. mist
  32. toe
  33. knight
  34. mail
  35. flower
  36. blue
  37. heal
  38. mist
  39. weight
  40. rode

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