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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 572 · 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 “pair”? (a) pear (b) week (c) right
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) sea (c) their
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) aloud (c) dear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) weight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) right (b) weak (c) cell
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) knot (c) heel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) peace (c) passed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) male (b) whole (c) bare
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) peace (b) knight (c) weak
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) eight (b) there (c) rode
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) rows (b) son (c) flower
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) piece (b) past (c) made
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) sale (c) won
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) there (b) aloud (c) knew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) plain (b) deer (c) see
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) mist (b) road (c) grown
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) male (b) peace (c) made
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) blue
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) son (b) weight (c) one
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) waste (b) hear (c) by
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) plane
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) flower (b) rose (c) steal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) hole (b) knight (c) bare
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) knot (c) road
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) maid (b) allowed (c) night
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) one (b) knot (c) plain
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flower (b) peace (c) flew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) right (b) plain (c) brake
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) week (b) one (c) aloud
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) by (b) hole (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flew (b) hear (c) sun
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) night (c) mist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) male (b) knot (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) blue (b) flew (c) bury
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sea (b) knew (c) meat
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) missed (b) no (c) here
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) know (b) berry (c) knight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) grown (b) missed (c) not
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) won (c) whole

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. right
  3. sun
  4. past
  5. bear
  6. weak
  7. knew
  8. flower
  9. whole
  10. weak
  11. rode
  12. flower
  13. past
  14. hole
  15. aloud
  16. deer
  17. grown
  18. made
  19. blue
  20. weight
  21. by
  22. plane
  23. rose
  24. knight
  25. missed
  26. night
  27. knot
  28. flew
  29. brake
  30. one
  31. hole
  32. hear
  33. write
  34. knot
  35. bury
  36. meat
  37. no
  38. berry
  39. missed
  40. rows

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