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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 484 · 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 “bare”? (a) bear (b) no (c) by
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) blue (b) by (c) missed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) weight (c) tow
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) wait (c) one
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) allowed (b) by (c) there
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) blew (c) there
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) week (c) flower
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) steal (b) aloud (c) wait
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) here (c) flu
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) aloud (b) deer (c) night
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) flew (b) tale (c) see
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) steel (b) cell (c) allowed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) made (b) flew (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) deer
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) plain (b) hear (c) allowed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) blew (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) flower (c) whole
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) peace (b) sun (c) dear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) blew (b) allowed (c) plain
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) their (b) night (c) toe
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) hear (b) see (c) brake
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) knight (b) son (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) blew (b) new (c) one
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) deer (c) by
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) son (b) tale (c) sea
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) ate (b) hear (c) hole
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) meat (b) sell (c) waste
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) weight (b) road (c) sell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) no (b) meat (c) there
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) week (b) knight (c) heel
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) weak
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) deer (b) maid (c) here
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) passed (c) their
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) heal (c) berry
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) see (c) past
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) waste (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) bury (b) write (c) wait
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) sun (c) night
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) plane (b) tow (c) knight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) sun (c) not

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. missed
  3. knight
  4. flower
  5. there
  6. right
  7. whole
  8. aloud
  9. passed
  10. night
  11. tale
  12. cell
  13. sail
  14. deer
  15. hear
  16. mail
  17. mist
  18. sun
  19. allowed
  20. toe
  21. see
  22. son
  23. one
  24. meet
  25. tale
  26. hole
  27. waste
  28. road
  29. meat
  30. heel
  31. weak
  32. maid
  33. sea
  34. son
  35. right
  36. write
  37. wait
  38. dear
  39. knight
  40. sea

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