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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 394 · 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 “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) waste (c) pair
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) rows (b) hear (c) there
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) waste (c) cell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) bury
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) rode (c) here
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) flour (b) meet (c) grown
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) mail (c) bare
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) plane (b) wait (c) blew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) heal (b) eight (c) flew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) hole (b) hear (c) by
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) grown (b) berry (c) hear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) know (b) sale (c) aloud
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) their (b) missed (c) road
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) berry (c) won
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) by (c) sell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) bear (b) pair (c) past
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) heel (b) meat (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) cell (c) night
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) here (b) wait (c) won
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) male (b) one (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) male (b) break (c) past
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) sale (b) deer (c) blue
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) meet
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) flew (b) blue (c) mail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) week (c) past
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) mist (b) weak (c) cell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) flower (b) here (c) allowed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) bear (b) see (c) not
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) hear (c) meet
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) there (b) buy (c) sail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) waste (b) buy (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) made (b) night (c) there
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) mist (c) not
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) week (b) sail (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) knot (c) right
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) male (c) rose
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) see (b) bare (c) week
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) missed (b) tale (c) night
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) past (c) toe
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) eight (b) road (c) rose

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. there
  3. night
  4. pear
  5. won
  6. grown
  7. by
  8. blew
  9. flew
  10. by
  11. hear
  12. aloud
  13. road
  14. rose
  15. sale
  16. pair
  17. meat
  18. flour
  19. won
  20. one
  21. past
  22. blue
  23. meet
  24. mail
  25. waste
  26. weak
  27. here
  28. not
  29. rows
  30. buy
  31. deer
  32. there
  33. hear
  34. hole
  35. rows
  36. wait
  37. bare
  38. night
  39. plain
  40. rose

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