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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 413 · 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 “knight”? (a) night (b) pear (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) rode (c) deer
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) toe (b) cell (c) rode
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) pear (c) sell
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) their (c) aloud
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) grown
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) groan (b) flour (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) missed (c) here
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) night (b) bear (c) brake
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) knew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) flour (b) sale (c) sell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flour (b) new (c) sail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) their (b) hole (c) meet
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) flower (c) see
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) eight (b) here (c) steel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) mist (b) knight (c) knot
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) road (b) buy (c) tow
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) one (c) no
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) waste (b) break (c) passed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) flu (c) eight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) knight (c) made
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) won (b) flew (c) flour
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) there (b) flour (c) one
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) flew (c) one
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) heal (b) waste (c) maid
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) see (c) grown
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) rows (b) berry (c) write
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sail (b) hear (c) sell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) rows (c) heal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) eight (b) by (c) grown
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) one (b) flu (c) mail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) brake (c) dear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) whole (b) here (c) knew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) tail (c) son
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) flew (c) heal
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) pear (b) knight (c) weak
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sail (b) waist (c) buy
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) tow (c) night
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) knot (b) peace (c) aloud
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) toe (b) break (c) week

Answer key

  1. night
  2. rose
  3. rode
  4. weight
  5. wait
  6. grown
  7. flour
  8. plain
  9. bear
  10. knew
  11. sale
  12. new
  13. hole
  14. rose
  15. here
  16. knot
  17. tow
  18. maid
  19. passed
  20. break
  21. waste
  22. flew
  23. one
  24. berry
  25. maid
  26. heal
  27. write
  28. sell
  29. ate
  30. by
  31. mail
  32. know
  33. here
  34. pear
  35. sail
  36. weak
  37. buy
  38. mist
  39. aloud
  40. week

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