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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 573 · 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) piece (b) heal (c) sun
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) see
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) see (b) blue (c) toe
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) son (c) berry
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) wait (b) meet (c) grown
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) sale (b) night (c) new
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) toe (b) allowed (c) won
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) bear (c) one
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) blue (b) heel (c) knight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) new (b) weak (c) meat
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) write (c) knight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) grown (b) maid (c) dear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) berry (b) see (c) groan
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) know (b) steel (c) flour
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) by (b) waist (c) sea
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) buy (c) toe
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) one (c) cell
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) brake (b) see (c) pear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) flower (b) sale (c) road
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) blue (c) pear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) groan (c) pair
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) blue (c) peace
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) week (b) dear (c) not
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) deer (b) not (c) rode
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) steel (b) knight (c) tale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) knot (b) right (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) sun (b) road (c) sell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) made (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) right (b) buy (c) peace
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) aloud (b) flower (c) their
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) aloud (b) ate (c) piece
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) their (b) knot (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) sail (c) there
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) meet (b) plain (c) there
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) no (b) flower (c) weight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) blew (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) not (b) knight (c) whole
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tow (b) knot (c) waist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) road (c) hole
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) blue (c) maid

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. rode
  3. blue
  4. sale
  5. grown
  6. night
  7. won
  8. flew
  9. heel
  10. meat
  11. berry
  12. dear
  13. groan
  14. steel
  15. waist
  16. son
  17. know
  18. pear
  19. road
  20. see
  21. sale
  22. aloud
  23. not
  24. rode
  25. tale
  26. missed
  27. road
  28. rose
  29. peace
  30. flower
  31. piece
  32. knot
  33. buy
  34. plain
  35. weight
  36. made
  37. whole
  38. waist
  39. deer
  40. bury

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