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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 520 · 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 “grown”? (a) weight (b) knew (c) groan
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) see (b) ate (c) blue
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) peace (b) knight (c) wait
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) past (b) ate (c) here
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) tale (b) pair (c) heal
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) bare (b) eight (c) buy
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) week (b) by (c) know
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) tail (b) knew (c) dear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) eight (b) meat (c) know
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) buy (b) made (c) male
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) tale (b) blew (c) new
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) knot (b) hole (c) by
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) their (b) tow (c) hear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) heel (b) by (c) rows
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) pair (c) sell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) pair (b) sell (c) ate
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) hear (b) hole (c) past
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) deer (b) flower (c) write
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) not (b) their (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) sell (c) son
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) bury (b) rose (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) knot
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) steal (c) right
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) here (b) know (c) their
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) brake (b) meat (c) steal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) won (b) son (c) deer
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) heel (c) waist
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) toe (b) weak (c) plane
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) weight (b) bare (c) knight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) know (b) waste (c) tow
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) see (b) grown (c) sun
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) groan (c) weak
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) night (b) mail (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) flour (b) no (c) pair
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) no (b) son (c) won
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) meat (b) blew (c) sale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) no (b) brake (c) there
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) male (b) meat (c) won
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) grown (c) heel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) see (c) rode

Answer key

  1. groan
  2. ate
  3. knight
  4. here
  5. heal
  6. eight
  7. by
  8. dear
  9. meat
  10. male
  11. blew
  12. hole
  13. tow
  14. by
  15. allowed
  16. ate
  17. past
  18. write
  19. their
  20. berry
  21. flour
  22. waste
  23. waist
  24. know
  25. steal
  26. son
  27. see
  28. plane
  29. knight
  30. tow
  31. grown
  32. flower
  33. one
  34. pair
  35. son
  36. blew
  37. there
  38. meat
  39. piece
  40. night

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