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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 477 · 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 “write”? (a) road (b) whole (c) right
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sun (b) here (c) rode
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) night (b) hear (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) one (b) see (c) waist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) sail (c) weight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) cell (b) rows (c) hear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) mist (b) flew (c) tail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) son (b) allowed (c) meet
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) know (b) knight (c) male
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) flour (c) bury
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) past (b) tale (c) rode
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) flour (c) pear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) knot (b) bear (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) missed (c) cell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) hear (b) steal (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) break (c) piece
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) blew (b) right (c) break
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) weight (b) pear (c) bear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) peace (b) bury (c) night
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) break (c) hole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) knew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) there (b) passed (c) rows
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) night (b) here (c) meet
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) wait (b) week (c) hole
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) sell (b) eight (c) weak
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flower (b) write (c) weak
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) knew (b) by (c) sun
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flower (b) heel (c) tow
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) missed (b) blue (c) male
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) ate (b) blue (c) new
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) steel (b) wait (c) pair
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) new (b) tail (c) blue
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) aloud (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) one (b) grown (c) heal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) maid (c) here
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rows (b) sun (c) bury
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) ate (b) son (c) steel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rode (b) rose (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) grown (b) there (c) rose
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) blue (b) cell (c) road

Answer key

  1. right
  2. rode
  3. flower
  4. see
  5. made
  6. hear
  7. flew
  8. allowed
  9. knight
  10. meat
  11. tale
  12. mist
  13. bear
  14. ate
  15. groan
  16. wait
  17. break
  18. bear
  19. night
  20. ate
  21. knew
  22. passed
  23. here
  24. hole
  25. weak
  26. write
  27. by
  28. tow
  29. male
  30. new
  31. wait
  32. tail
  33. meet
  34. grown
  35. sail
  36. sun
  37. steel
  38. rose
  39. there
  40. cell

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