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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 521 · 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 “knot”? (a) heal (b) flour (c) not
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) bury (b) knew (c) ate
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sea (b) passed (c) break
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) pear (b) blue (c) toe
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) heal (b) their (c) aloud
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) wait (b) mail (c) rode
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) pair (b) flew (c) whole
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) there (b) heal (c) pair
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) hear (b) allowed (c) heel
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) waste (b) know (c) rode
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) there (b) rows (c) plain
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bury (b) no (c) bear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) made (c) bury
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) peace (b) steal (c) road
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) night (c) road
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) see (b) eight (c) rose
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) deer (b) knight (c) pear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) there (b) week (c) break
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) road (b) rose (c) bear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) steal (b) flew (c) bare
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) night (b) weak (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) made (b) week (c) see
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) road (c) grown
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) one (b) week (c) allowed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knot (b) hear (c) by
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) sale
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) eight (b) aloud (c) made
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) knot (b) allowed (c) steal
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) peace (b) blew (c) break
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) blue (b) flew (c) ate
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) hear (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) one (b) right (c) wait
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) road (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) berry (b) flour (c) sell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) aloud (b) groan (c) cell
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) piece (b) hear (c) flower
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) break (b) ate (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) see (c) flower
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) bear (b) toe (c) pear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) wait (c) knew

Answer key

  1. not
  2. knew
  3. passed
  4. blue
  5. their
  6. rode
  7. whole
  8. pair
  9. heel
  10. rode
  11. plain
  12. bear
  13. wait
  14. road
  15. sun
  16. rose
  17. pear
  18. week
  19. bear
  20. bare
  21. weak
  22. see
  23. knight
  24. week
  25. by
  26. toe
  27. aloud
  28. allowed
  29. blew
  30. ate
  31. male
  32. wait
  33. won
  34. sell
  35. cell
  36. flower
  37. meet
  38. blue
  39. pear
  40. there

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