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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 375 · 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) night (b) heal (c) grown
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) pear (b) see (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) son (c) rose
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) steal (c) berry
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) made (b) night (c) sun
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) waist (b) flu (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) peace (b) break (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) toe (b) piece (c) waist
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) heel (b) flew (c) right
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) whole (c) deer
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) male (b) tale (c) sun
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) flower (b) past (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) meet (b) buy (c) bear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) knot (c) dear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) bare (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) knight (b) son (c) hear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) ate (c) pear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) write (b) groan (c) rose
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) grown (b) missed (c) hear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) hear (c) flour
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) maid (b) rode (c) knight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) blue (b) no (c) week
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) tale (c) knight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) won (c) no
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) by (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) night (b) male (c) their
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) steel (b) bare (c) rose
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) bury (b) allowed (c) rows
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) sun (c) bury
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) by (b) wait (c) past
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) heel (b) rode (c) buy
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flower (b) groan (c) heal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) tale (b) heal (c) here
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) plane (b) peace (c) pair
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) rose (b) right (c) flu
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) meet (c) waist
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flu (b) rode (c) allowed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) write (b) meet (c) rode
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) groan (b) hole (c) know
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) not

Answer key

  1. night
  2. week
  3. hole
  4. hear
  5. sun
  6. won
  7. bury
  8. waist
  9. right
  10. knight
  11. tale
  12. sale
  13. buy
  14. ate
  15. waist
  16. hear
  17. meet
  18. groan
  19. missed
  20. see
  21. knight
  22. week
  23. waste
  24. pear
  25. flu
  26. male
  27. rose
  28. rows
  29. toe
  30. wait
  31. buy
  32. heal
  33. heal
  34. pair
  35. flu
  36. missed
  37. allowed
  38. rode
  39. know
  40. not

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