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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 550 · 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 “knight”? (a) peace (b) night (c) won
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) sale (c) knight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) knew (b) missed (c) rows
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) road (b) not (c) one
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) flower (c) eight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) break (b) toe (c) whole
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) steal (b) tow (c) missed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) ate (b) rode (c) allowed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) eight (b) night (c) berry
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) one (c) sale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) their (c) pear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) heel
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) plane (b) one (c) grown
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) pair (b) weak (c) here
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) steal (b) flower (c) here
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) cell (b) ate (c) new
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) sale (b) pear (c) by
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) berry (c) allowed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) rode (b) mist (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) son (b) mail (c) one
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) no (c) whole
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) won (b) see (c) maid
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) knew (b) there (c) grown
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) wait (c) hole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) wait (b) hole (c) one
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) rode (c) sell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) no (b) aloud (c) cell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) meat (b) night (c) plain
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) hole (b) peace (c) heal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) sea (b) weight (c) groan
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) sea (b) knew (c) past
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) heel
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) dear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) week (b) weight (c) plane
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) night (b) bear (c) whole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) no
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) meet (b) tale (c) see
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) road (b) week (c) meet
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) meat (b) rode (c) plane
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) tail (c) cell

Answer key

  1. night
  2. blue
  3. rows
  4. not
  5. knot
  6. whole
  7. tow
  8. allowed
  9. berry
  10. rode
  11. made
  12. blew
  13. grown
  14. weak
  15. here
  16. new
  17. by
  18. deer
  19. mist
  20. one
  21. sail
  22. see
  23. there
  24. rows
  25. one
  26. rose
  27. cell
  28. night
  29. heal
  30. groan
  31. past
  32. ate
  33. dear
  34. plane
  35. bear
  36. eight
  37. tale
  38. meet
  39. plane
  40. missed

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