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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 384 · 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 “blue”? (a) missed (b) knew (c) blew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) sail (b) mist (c) here
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flour (b) steel (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) groan (b) aloud (c) rode
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) peace (c) won
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) eight (c) mail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) mist (b) their (c) toe
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) blue (b) whole (c) toe
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) knew (b) mail (c) sun
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) heal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) plain (b) wait (c) steel
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) steel (b) sell (c) won
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) meat (b) write (c) know
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) flower (b) hear (c) rose
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) knight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sail (b) night (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) male (c) flew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) aloud (b) knot (c) toe
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) aloud (b) son (c) mail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) meat (b) toe (c) by
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) bare (b) rows (c) there
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) waste
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) see (b) made (c) rode
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) wait (b) plain (c) won
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) missed (c) not
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) week (b) know (c) whole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) made (b) weak (c) tale
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) cell (b) by (c) break
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) past (b) knot (c) break
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) hear (b) there (c) waste
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) groan (b) ate (c) not
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) plane (b) night (c) road
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) tail (b) peace (c) grown
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) hear (b) plane (c) weight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) bare (b) hear (c) blue
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) know (b) groan (c) flower
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) sale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) see (b) passed (c) road
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) peace (b) steel (c) bury
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) know (b) buy (c) night

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. mist
  3. male
  4. aloud
  5. steel
  6. allowed
  7. toe
  8. whole
  9. sun
  10. berry
  11. wait
  12. won
  13. know
  14. rose
  15. hear
  16. meet
  17. cell
  18. knot
  19. son
  20. by
  21. there
  22. bear
  23. rode
  24. won
  25. flu
  26. know
  27. weak
  28. break
  29. knot
  30. waste
  31. ate
  32. road
  33. grown
  34. weight
  35. blue
  36. flower
  37. sale
  38. road
  39. bury
  40. night

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