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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 475 · 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 “pear”? (a) won (b) pair (c) cell
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knew (b) plane (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) steal (b) heel (c) here
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) knot (c) brake
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) no (b) eight (c) sail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) knight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) know (b) break (c) here
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) there (b) buy (c) hole
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) bury (c) night
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) male (b) piece (c) toe
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) road (c) peace
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) knot (c) meat
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) wait (c) passed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) by (b) flew (c) right
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) write (b) rode (c) brake
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) their (b) deer (c) buy
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) tail (c) new
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) berry (b) rode (c) know
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) dear (b) maid (c) knot
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) pear (b) not (c) wait
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) week (b) toe (c) son
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) sun (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) eight (b) knot (c) heal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) dear (b) brake (c) aloud
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) week (b) aloud (c) know
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) piece (b) groan (c) mail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) right (b) past (c) mail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flour (b) write (c) knew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) rows (c) peace
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) toe (b) knew (c) hole
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) male (b) road (c) hole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knot (b) night (c) bear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) eight (c) steel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) passed (b) not (c) by
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) see (c) aloud
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) rose (b) meet (c) blue
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) steal (b) wait (c) buy
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) eight (b) dear (c) blew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) son (c) knight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) buy (b) allowed (c) hole

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. knight
  3. here
  4. blew
  5. eight
  6. hear
  7. here
  8. hole
  9. break
  10. piece
  11. male
  12. wait
  13. steel
  14. right
  15. rode
  16. buy
  17. hear
  18. rode
  19. knot
  20. not
  21. toe
  22. bury
  23. heal
  24. aloud
  25. know
  26. groan
  27. mail
  28. knew
  29. plain
  30. hole
  31. road
  32. bear
  33. their
  34. by
  35. not
  36. blue
  37. buy
  38. blew
  39. bare
  40. allowed

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