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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 456 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knew (b) peace (c) knot
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) grown (b) blew (c) hear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) sail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) rose (b) blew (c) right
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) steel (b) knew (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) weak (c) knight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) new (c) know
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) right (b) cell (c) brake
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sea (b) sale (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) new (b) know (c) one
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) hole (b) bury (c) bear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) sun (b) week (c) dear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) their (b) aloud (c) flour
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) toe (c) hear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) allowed (b) write (c) won
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) knew (b) deer (c) steel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bury (b) mist (c) rode
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) piece (b) plain (c) heal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) made (b) toe (c) bare
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) rode (b) one (c) past
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) plain (c) piece
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) not (b) son (c) new
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) whole (c) sea
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) hole (b) sea (c) aloud
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) knight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) write (b) waste (c) hear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) made (b) pair (c) grown
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flew (b) waste (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) sell (b) knight (c) see
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) steal (b) road (c) new
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) pear (b) missed (c) past
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) knight (c) flower
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) meat (b) sun (c) no
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) hear (b) deer (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) night (b) rose (c) their
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) night (c) waste
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) write (c) see
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knot (b) know (c) bare
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) one (c) right
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) knight (c) tale

Answer key

  1. knot
  2. hear
  3. hole
  4. right
  5. right
  6. peace
  7. knot
  8. brake
  9. sale
  10. know
  11. bear
  12. dear
  13. flour
  14. tale
  15. won
  16. steel
  17. mist
  18. plain
  19. toe
  20. one
  21. see
  22. son
  23. toe
  24. aloud
  25. tow
  26. hear
  27. pair
  28. waste
  29. knight
  30. new
  31. missed
  32. blue
  33. no
  34. deer
  35. rose
  36. past
  37. whole
  38. know
  39. flew
  40. tow

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