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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 532 · 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 “sun”? (a) waist (b) right (c) son
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) one (b) knot (c) flu
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) blew (b) pear (c) bury
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) know
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) made (c) break
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) road (b) dear (c) blew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) write (b) knew (c) rose
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) bare (b) wait (c) toe
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) meat (b) flu (c) steal
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) meat (b) steal (c) groan
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) not (b) toe (c) mist
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) rode (b) deer (c) sell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) weak (b) knot (c) flu
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) steal (b) buy (c) waste
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) sale (c) wait
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) peace (c) eight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) plain (b) dear (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) son (b) see (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) heel (b) grown (c) weight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) blue (b) whole (c) sea
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sail (b) break (c) by
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) see (c) by
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) night (c) write
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) passed (b) dear (c) week
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) sale (c) deer
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) weight (c) waist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) weak (b) meet (c) bear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) eight (b) peace (c) buy
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) mist (b) bare (c) night
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) brake (b) mail (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) right (b) there (c) meat
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) peace (b) heal (c) sail
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) flu (b) grown (c) tale
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) week
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flu (b) weight (c) flour
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) road (b) eight (c) berry
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) missed (c) knight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) cell (c) peace
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) piece (b) tow (c) write
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) past (b) heal (c) rose

Answer key

  1. son
  2. knot
  3. bury
  4. weak
  5. their
  6. blew
  7. rose
  8. toe
  9. steal
  10. groan
  11. toe
  12. sell
  13. flu
  14. waste
  15. made
  16. heal
  17. won
  18. see
  19. weight
  20. whole
  21. break
  22. made
  23. grown
  24. week
  25. allowed
  26. knight
  27. bear
  28. peace
  29. night
  30. mail
  31. meat
  32. heal
  33. tale
  34. week
  35. flour
  36. eight
  37. male
  38. eight
  39. tow
  40. rose

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