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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 425 · 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 “tow”? (a) know (b) tail (c) toe
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sell (b) meat (c) know
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) blew (c) pear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) pear (b) sell (c) flower
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) wait (b) new (c) aloud
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) groan (b) their (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) waste (b) meet (c) sale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) break (b) pear (c) meat
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) knot
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) no (b) here (c) see
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) sail (b) right (c) made
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) knot (b) by (c) piece
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) bare (c) past
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) tale (b) wait (c) passed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) write (b) no (c) knot
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flu (b) new (c) not
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) groan
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) blew (b) sun (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) no
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) deer (b) sail (c) know
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) made (c) mist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) eight (c) sun
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) wait (b) mist (c) ate
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) passed (b) break (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) tow (b) eight (c) heal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) eight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) plane (b) pear (c) won
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) past (b) pear (c) hole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) blue
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) eight (b) their (c) sea
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) by (c) weak
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) road (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) their (b) write (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) missed (b) blue (c) their
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) rose (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) made (b) buy (c) peace
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) deer (c) brake
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) knot (c) bear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) past (c) weight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) rows (b) knight (c) meat

Answer key

  1. toe
  2. know
  3. night
  4. sell
  5. new
  6. their
  7. meet
  8. pear
  9. knot
  10. here
  11. made
  12. piece
  13. son
  14. passed
  15. no
  16. not
  17. heel
  18. there
  19. sun
  20. sail
  21. berry
  22. rows
  23. mist
  24. sun
  25. heal
  26. eight
  27. won
  28. pear
  29. weak
  30. sea
  31. ate
  32. night
  33. write
  34. blue
  35. buy
  36. peace
  37. meet
  38. plain
  39. eight
  40. meat

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