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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 488 · 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 “right”? (a) not (b) plane (c) write
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) won (b) hole (c) tail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) pear (b) missed (c) heal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) whole (c) their
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) passed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) tow (c) weak
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) whole (b) break (c) sea
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) won (b) night (c) dear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) write (b) aloud (c) knew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flew (b) male (c) groan
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) buy (b) no (c) peace
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) wait (b) missed (c) pair
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bury (b) heel (c) meat
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) one (b) not (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) mail (b) heel (c) knot
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) whole (b) knot (c) waste
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) break (b) hear (c) aloud
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) night (b) made (c) weight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) piece (b) aloud (c) heel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) deer (c) write
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) rose (c) knot
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) meat (c) flew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) plain (c) peace
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) night (b) week (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knew (b) meet (c) rose
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) won (b) toe (c) flew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) knight (b) no (c) new
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) missed (b) see (c) whole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) meet (b) night (c) groan
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tale (b) hole (c) meat
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) cell (b) toe (c) bare
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) allowed (c) blue
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) tale (b) grown (c) flour
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) plane (b) deer (c) grown
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) hear (b) rose (c) waist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) pear (b) mist (c) no
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) hear (b) new (c) grown
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) brake (c) rose
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) piece (b) made (c) son
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) sun (b) tale (c) know

Answer key

  1. write
  2. tail
  3. missed
  4. flu
  5. passed
  6. right
  7. break
  8. night
  9. knew
  10. groan
  11. no
  12. missed
  13. meat
  14. not
  15. heel
  16. waste
  17. hear
  18. weight
  19. aloud
  20. sun
  21. here
  22. rows
  23. sail
  24. waist
  25. meet
  26. flew
  27. new
  28. whole
  29. groan
  30. meat
  31. bare
  32. there
  33. flour
  34. deer
  35. waist
  36. mist
  37. grown
  38. blew
  39. son
  40. know

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