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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. passed
  2. ate
  3. night
  4. right
  5. flower
  6. rows
  7. no
  8. bare
  9. aloud
  10. passed
  11. road
  12. see
  13. sun
  14. weak
  15. sea
  16. no
  17. allowed
  18. knew
  19. week
  20. sun
  21. deer
  22. wait
  23. their
  24. buy
  25. tale
  26. made
  27. piece
  28. flu
  29. past
  30. know
  31. see
  32. son
  33. sale
  34. cell
  35. flu
  36. rode
  37. steel
  38. mist
  39. their
  40. deer

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