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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 481 · 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 “know”? (a) missed (b) plane (c) no
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) flower (b) week (c) wait
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) here (b) dear (c) tow
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) wait (b) sun (c) plain
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) night (c) plane
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) blew (b) see (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) knight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) no
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) know (c) rows
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sale (b) weak (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) no (b) tale (c) bury
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) by (b) not (c) rose
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) plain (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) made (b) hole (c) knew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) piece (c) grown
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) knight (b) pair (c) steal
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) brake (b) see (c) bury
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) there (c) steel
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) road (b) eight (c) mail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sale (b) week (c) toe
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) no
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) rows (b) night (c) here
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sea (b) bury (c) male
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) road (b) see (c) allowed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flower (b) sell (c) knight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) steel (b) by (c) past
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) bury (c) steel
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) knew (c) blew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) meat (b) night (c) eight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) right
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) blew (b) meet (c) plane
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) week (c) groan
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) mail (b) waste (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) deer (c) sea
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knight (b) flour (c) blew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) sea
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) by (b) weight (c) not
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) maid (b) flew (c) piece
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) knight (b) bear (c) missed

Answer key

  1. no
  2. week
  3. dear
  4. sun
  5. write
  6. buy
  7. allowed
  8. knight
  9. no
  10. aloud
  11. blew
  12. tale
  13. not
  14. won
  15. hole
  16. won
  17. steal
  18. bury
  19. buy
  20. mail
  21. toe
  22. missed
  23. night
  24. bury
  25. see
  26. sell
  27. by
  28. know
  29. ate
  30. eight
  31. sell
  32. meet
  33. bare
  34. waste
  35. heal
  36. flour
  37. rode
  38. not
  39. flew
  40. bear

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