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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 569 · 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 “know”? (a) no (b) write (c) bury
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) pair (b) meat (c) not
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) waste (c) rode
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) hear (b) weak (c) blew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) buy (b) no (c) knew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) steal (b) hear (c) meet
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) buy (b) hole (c) meat
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) knight (b) pair (c) waist
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) waste (b) male (c) flew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) ate (b) sail (c) hear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) bare
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) knew (b) heal (c) sell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) know (c) toe
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) sail (b) bear (c) allowed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) whole (b) grown (c) tow
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) male (c) one
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) sail (b) steal (c) ate
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) rode (b) mail (c) flu
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) missed (c) groan
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flower (b) see (c) plain
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) break (b) tale (c) week
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) week (b) rose (c) right
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) by (b) sale (c) pear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) bury (b) week (c) knot
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sea (b) wait (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) night (b) weak (c) piece
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) piece (b) aloud (c) ate
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) passed (b) steal (c) here
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) mail (b) peace (c) road
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) knot
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) wait (b) buy (c) missed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) meet (b) allowed (c) sun
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) waste (b) weight (c) cell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) tow (b) break (c) know
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) maid (b) heel (c) plain
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) tow (b) son (c) sell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) mist (b) weak (c) sea
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) whole (c) knew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) heel (b) knew (c) dear

Answer key

  1. no
  2. not
  3. meat
  4. weak
  5. knew
  6. hear
  7. hole
  8. waist
  9. flew
  10. sail
  11. knight
  12. heal
  13. pair
  14. pair
  15. bear
  16. tow
  17. eight
  18. steal
  19. mail
  20. their
  21. see
  22. tale
  23. rose
  24. pear
  25. knot
  26. wait
  27. piece
  28. aloud
  29. here
  30. peace
  31. knot
  32. buy
  33. allowed
  34. weight
  35. know
  36. plain
  37. sell
  38. sea
  39. toe
  40. knew

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