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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 416 · 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 “weak”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) week
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) road (b) past (c) groan
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) toe (c) heal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) one (c) grown
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) night (c) blue
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) mist (b) blue (c) hear
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) won (b) steal (c) brake
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) not (b) blue (c) their
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) by (c) ate
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) write (b) rows (c) ate
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) one (b) deer (c) weight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) rode (c) steal
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) sun
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) one (c) male
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) blew (c) past
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) male (c) knew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) one (b) berry (c) son
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) sun (b) know (c) plane
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) there (b) flower (c) steel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) rose (b) past (c) won
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) piece (b) hole (c) ate
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) pair (b) knot (c) blew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) made (b) knew (c) night
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) see (b) no (c) sell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) won (b) wait (c) steel
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) plain (b) won (c) cell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) know (b) missed (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) plane (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) son (b) knight (c) right
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) blew (b) there (c) weak
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) road (b) here (c) heel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hear (b) new (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) right (b) won (c) berry
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) knew (c) night
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) meet (b) not (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) knew (b) flew (c) road
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) passed (b) bury (c) not
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) flour (b) night (c) whole
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) sale (b) blue (c) knew
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) plane (c) hear

Answer key

  1. week
  2. groan
  3. wait
  4. sail
  5. sale
  6. hear
  7. brake
  8. blue
  9. made
  10. rows
  11. deer
  12. see
  13. dear
  14. knight
  15. tale
  16. allowed
  17. berry
  18. plane
  19. steel
  20. past
  21. ate
  22. knot
  23. night
  24. sell
  25. wait
  26. cell
  27. missed
  28. peace
  29. knight
  30. weak
  31. here
  32. new
  33. won
  34. flour
  35. not
  36. flew
  37. bury
  38. whole
  39. knew
  40. flew

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