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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 411 · 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 “no”? (a) know (b) sale (c) here
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) blew (b) break (c) week
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) plain (b) their (c) hole
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) whole (b) pair (c) blew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) sun (c) waist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) break (b) flower (c) hear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) brake
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) heel (b) blue (c) rose
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) plain (b) aloud (c) berry
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) knew (b) flower (c) blew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) rose (b) bare (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) mail (b) maid (c) waste
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) meat (c) knight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) son (b) ate (c) made
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) road (b) waste (c) wait
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) steel (b) road (c) waste
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) their (b) cell (c) bare
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) knew (b) week (c) waist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) rows (b) deer (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) weight (b) their (c) pear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knot (b) ate (c) week
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) tail (b) blew (c) peace
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) night (b) write (c) son
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) blue (b) dear (c) here
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) no (c) past
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) piece (b) night (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) heel (b) right (c) here
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) steel (c) waist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) won (c) peace
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) peace (b) not (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) waste (c) son
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) tow (b) flew (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) break (b) weak (c) groan
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) son (b) their (c) rode
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) missed (b) see (c) passed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) brake (b) tow (c) son
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) aloud (b) cell (c) blue
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) toe (b) break (c) sea
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) by (b) their (c) break
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flower (b) flu (c) write

Answer key

  1. know
  2. week
  3. their
  4. pair
  5. rode
  6. flower
  7. flower
  8. blue
  9. aloud
  10. blew
  11. sell
  12. waste
  13. flu
  14. made
  15. waste
  16. road
  17. bare
  18. week
  19. grown
  20. pear
  21. ate
  22. peace
  23. write
  24. here
  25. here
  26. night
  27. right
  28. toe
  29. past
  30. not
  31. bear
  32. flew
  33. weak
  34. rode
  35. passed
  36. tow
  37. cell
  38. sea
  39. their
  40. write

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