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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 457 · 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 “knew”? (a) blue (b) sail (c) new
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) write (b) knot (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) hear (c) son
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) past (b) pear (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) whole (c) by
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) groan (b) night (c) tail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) dear (c) missed
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) won
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) flower (b) steal (c) rode
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) mist (b) right (c) see
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) tale (b) grown (c) son
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) berry
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) groan (b) blue (c) meat
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) week (c) mail
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) rose (b) grown (c) right
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) week (c) night
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) berry (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) aloud (c) tail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) missed (c) rose
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) meet (b) flour (c) their
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) passed (b) piece (c) tail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) no (b) knight (c) ate
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) sale (c) there
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) knot (b) bury (c) there
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) buy (c) new
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) brake (b) blue (c) rows
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) male (b) blue (c) week
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) heal (b) buy (c) passed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) flower (b) night (c) no
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) road (b) pear (c) flower
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) heel (b) pair (c) dear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) rose (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) here
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) right (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) new (b) flour (c) blew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) groan (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knot (b) waste (c) know
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) rows (b) made (c) sea
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) rode (c) piece

Answer key

  1. new
  2. knot
  3. bury
  4. pear
  5. mail
  6. tail
  7. knew
  8. knight
  9. rode
  10. right
  11. grown
  12. flu
  13. meat
  14. sale
  15. grown
  16. pear
  17. sun
  18. break
  19. knew
  20. their
  21. piece
  22. ate
  23. tale
  24. there
  25. weight
  26. rows
  27. week
  28. buy
  29. no
  30. flower
  31. pair
  32. aloud
  33. here
  34. rose
  35. flour
  36. blew
  37. know
  38. one
  39. sea
  40. tale

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