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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 431 · 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 “sail”? (a) eight (b) sale (c) no
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) heal (b) right (c) there
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) bear (b) rows (c) deer
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) sell (c) waste
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sun (b) toe (c) won
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meet (b) new (c) flu
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) buy (b) waist (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) whole (b) piece (c) heal
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) tow (b) weight (c) week
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) here (b) knot (c) rode
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) dear (b) grown (c) knot
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) past (c) by
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) no (b) weak (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) steal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) heal (c) tail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) sun (b) allowed (c) mail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) tow (b) no (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) deer (b) meet (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) allowed (b) bear (c) not
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) sale (b) heel (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sail (b) eight (c) break
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flour (b) pair (c) know
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) bury (c) tail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) hole (b) deer (c) bare
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) piece (c) son
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) deer (c) knot
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) weight (b) sea (c) there
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) blue (c) passed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) bare (b) plain (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) break (c) ate
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) see (b) flew (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sea (b) here (c) peace
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) ate (b) missed (c) by
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) aloud (c) waist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) week (b) break (c) knew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) maid (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) mist (b) hole (c) groan
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) cell (b) rode (c) night
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) aloud (c) son
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) knew (b) night (c) road

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. right
  3. deer
  4. knight
  5. won
  6. new
  7. their
  8. piece
  9. week
  10. knot
  11. grown
  12. flower
  13. weak
  14. blue
  15. hear
  16. allowed
  17. no
  18. blew
  19. bear
  20. heel
  21. break
  22. know
  23. sea
  24. bare
  25. waist
  26. there
  27. there
  28. rose
  29. pear
  30. weight
  31. steel
  32. here
  33. missed
  34. meet
  35. knew
  36. sail
  37. hole
  38. rode
  39. knight
  40. night

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