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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 523 · 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 “here”? (a) hear (b) right (c) know
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) know (b) sail (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) meat (b) mist (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) by (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) sun (c) sell
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) steal (b) berry (c) mail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) past (c) hear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) sun (c) waist
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) new (b) ate (c) rows
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flour (b) piece (c) their
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) won (b) no (c) tow
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) missed (b) weight (c) rode
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) pair (c) buy
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) groan (c) blue
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) one (b) knot (c) grown
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) pair (b) sun (c) buy
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) deer (c) meet
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) peace (c) week
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) flower (b) groan (c) knew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) buy (c) write
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) mist (c) allowed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) week (b) whole (c) knew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) one
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) plane (b) knight (c) hole
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) made (b) not (c) cell
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flower (b) here (c) waist
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) by (b) groan (c) plane
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) mist (c) there
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) plain (c) bury
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) steal (c) mail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) waste (c) aloud
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) pear (c) tail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) plain
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) break (b) waist (c) sea
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sale (b) plain (c) berry
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) bear (b) son (c) one
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) no (b) brake (c) sun
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) knew (c) passed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) groan (b) maid (c) one
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) know

Answer key

  1. hear
  2. meat
  3. mist
  4. not
  5. heal
  6. berry
  7. knew
  8. rows
  9. ate
  10. their
  11. no
  12. weight
  13. sale
  14. waste
  15. grown
  16. sun
  17. tale
  18. wait
  19. groan
  20. week
  21. maid
  22. knew
  23. sail
  24. knight
  25. cell
  26. waist
  27. plane
  28. sea
  29. groan
  30. road
  31. not
  32. peace
  33. sun
  34. sea
  35. plain
  36. son
  37. brake
  38. here
  39. one
  40. know

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