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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 501 · 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 “night”? (a) won (b) knight (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) piece (c) sale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bear (b) know (c) meat
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) new (c) toe
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) plain (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) sale (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) bear (b) ate (c) wait
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) son (c) break
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) blew (b) knot (c) steal
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) steal (b) bury (c) there
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sail (b) plain (c) flew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) sail (b) passed (c) tail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) maid (b) tow (c) hear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) allowed (c) maid
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) hear (c) tail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) wait (b) waist (c) past
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) no (b) piece (c) waist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) one (b) blew (c) grown
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) bare (b) night (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) here (b) son (c) know
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) missed (b) weak (c) past
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) road (c) blew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) see (b) knot (c) write
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) tow (b) piece (c) road
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) night (b) steel (c) brake
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) flower
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) flour (b) pair (c) sail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) flower (b) break (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) steal (c) there
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) son (b) missed (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) male (b) whole (c) their
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) rose (b) steel (c) brake
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) blew (b) allowed (c) rose
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) sell (c) dear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) rode (c) won
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) week (c) plain
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) blue (c) brake
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) past (b) flew (c) eight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) eight (c) brake

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. groan
  3. meat
  4. break
  5. flu
  6. rode
  7. ate
  8. peace
  9. steal
  10. there
  11. flew
  12. tail
  13. hear
  14. passed
  15. write
  16. ate
  17. past
  18. waist
  19. blew
  20. night
  21. know
  22. weak
  23. bear
  24. knot
  25. piece
  26. steel
  27. knew
  28. pair
  29. there
  30. aloud
  31. steel
  32. their
  33. brake
  34. allowed
  35. male
  36. cell
  37. no
  38. no
  39. eight
  40. heel

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