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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 534 · 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 “son”? (a) sun (b) not (c) here
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) sun (b) aloud (c) mist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) made (b) hole (c) right
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) groan (b) one (c) write
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sell (b) buy (c) break
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) meet (c) by
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) meet (b) right (c) plain
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) sun (c) not
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) toe (b) steel (c) meet
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) tail (c) piece
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) right (b) rows (c) hear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) by (b) week (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) bare (b) knot (c) no
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) mail (c) write
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) allowed (b) hole (c) road
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) rows (b) son (c) ate
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) weak (c) toe
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) knew (c) knight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) ate (c) week
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) weight (c) eight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tail (b) waist (c) cell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) meet (b) aloud (c) heal
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) their (b) no (c) brake
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) peace (c) there
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) night (c) buy
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) steal (b) rows (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) flour (c) hole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) week (c) flower
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) plain (b) weight (c) eight
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) new
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) eight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) hear (b) their (c) mail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) flour (c) bare
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) berry (c) blew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) steel (b) weight (c) waste
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) rose (b) piece (c) berry
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) flew (c) aloud
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sale (b) not (c) whole
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) bear (c) past
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) knight

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. mist
  3. hole
  4. write
  5. buy
  6. waste
  7. plain
  8. aloud
  9. steel
  10. night
  11. hear
  12. peace
  13. no
  14. night
  15. road
  16. son
  17. berry
  18. heel
  19. flower
  20. male
  21. waist
  22. heal
  23. brake
  24. dear
  25. dear
  26. rows
  27. right
  28. here
  29. eight
  30. hear
  31. bare
  32. their
  33. there
  34. whole
  35. weight
  36. piece
  37. pear
  38. not
  39. plain
  40. meat

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