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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 555 · 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 “night”? (a) knight (b) waste (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) mist (b) deer (c) know
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) rows (b) tail (c) here
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) rode (b) mist (c) brake
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) pair (c) here
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sun (b) maid (c) groan
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) see (c) sale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) night (b) heel (c) buy
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) their (b) know (c) steal
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) here (b) deer (c) flu
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) blew (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) bare (b) sale (c) deer
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) know (c) buy
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sea (b) one (c) meet
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) write (b) tow (c) rode
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) flour (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) rode (b) sun (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) waste (b) knight (c) male
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) brake (b) plain (c) meat
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) cell (b) piece (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blue (b) knight (c) piece
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) week (c) piece
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) mail (b) toe (c) eight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) won (c) missed
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) wait
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) sun (c) week
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) past (b) one (c) mist
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) blew (b) bury (c) one
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) groan (c) berry
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) brake (b) weak (c) tail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) right (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) bury (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) here (c) bury
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) passed (b) deer (c) heel
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) bury (c) passed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) sale (c) missed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knew (b) grown (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) by (c) rode
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) their (b) piece (c) meet
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) meat (b) see (c) ate

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. know
  3. here
  4. brake
  5. tow
  6. maid
  7. berry
  8. buy
  9. steal
  10. flu
  11. there
  12. deer
  13. son
  14. meet
  15. rode
  16. knight
  17. male
  18. male
  19. meat
  20. steal
  21. piece
  22. buy
  23. toe
  24. right
  25. wait
  26. meat
  27. one
  28. bury
  29. wait
  30. tail
  31. sell
  32. ate
  33. right
  34. heel
  35. here
  36. knew
  37. flour
  38. dear
  39. piece
  40. see

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