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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 441 · 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 “aloud”? (a) knight (b) not (c) allowed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) flour (b) mist (c) by
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flour (b) not (c) bare
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) new (c) weak
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) see (b) here (c) missed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) eight (c) knew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) sea (b) one (c) passed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) berry (c) missed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) bear (b) mail (c) wait
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) sell (c) write
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) weight (c) meet
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) plane (c) groan
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) cell (b) hear (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) flower (b) night (c) rose
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) steel (b) see (c) past
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) maid (b) buy (c) ate
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sale (b) groan (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sea (b) steal (c) no
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) eight (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) peace (c) tale
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) no (b) flour (c) steel
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) flour (c) by
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flu (b) blew (c) sell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) peace (c) break
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) weight (b) waist (c) knot
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) bury (b) flu (c) toe
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) see (b) weight (c) pair
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) grown (c) brake
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) ate (c) sale
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) peace (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) mist (c) pair
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) blew (b) knew (c) weight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) weak (b) waist (c) write
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) weak (b) sun (c) steal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) toe (b) see (c) pair
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) flew (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) heel (b) steal (c) bear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) grown (b) waste (c) pear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) berry (b) flour (c) blue

Answer key

  1. allowed
  2. mist
  3. not
  4. rows
  5. here
  6. one
  7. passed
  8. cell
  9. flower
  10. mail
  11. dear
  12. their
  13. rows
  14. hear
  15. night
  16. past
  17. ate
  18. there
  19. no
  20. there
  21. steel
  22. flour
  23. flew
  24. blew
  25. made
  26. knot
  27. flu
  28. weight
  29. road
  30. mist
  31. knight
  32. whole
  33. knew
  34. write
  35. sun
  36. see
  37. berry
  38. steal
  39. pear
  40. blue

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