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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 577 · 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 “knot”? (a) waste (b) steel (c) not
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) weight (c) bare
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) new (b) road (c) steal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) ate (b) tail (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flu (b) eight (c) toe
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) knight (b) brake (c) rode
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) male (b) missed (c) one
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blue (b) sell (c) sea
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) road (b) hear (c) meat
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) waist (b) meat (c) plain
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) break (b) made (c) bare
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) no (b) son (c) blew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) their (b) plain (c) berry
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) one (b) hear (c) flu
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) aloud (b) knight (c) road
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) male (c) night
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) maid (b) bury (c) son
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) steal (b) berry (c) wait
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) blue (b) sell (c) mist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) knot (b) sale (c) buy
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) son (b) pair (c) past
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) groan (c) missed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) brake (b) male (c) sell
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) not (b) son (c) hear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) weak (b) blue (c) flew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) there (b) break (c) peace
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) eight (b) write (c) sun
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) break (b) right (c) son
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) tow (b) plane (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) grown (c) rows
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) past (b) meet (c) week
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) cell (c) mist
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) blue (c) dear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) flew (b) dear (c) sell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) bury (b) write (c) here
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) flour (b) heal (c) tale
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) plain (b) break (c) waste
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tale (b) one (c) meat
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sun (b) write (c) piece
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) one (b) bare (c) there

Answer key

  1. not
  2. blew
  3. steal
  4. hear
  5. toe
  6. rode
  7. missed
  8. sea
  9. meat
  10. plain
  11. made
  12. blew
  13. berry
  14. flu
  15. road
  16. flour
  17. bury
  18. wait
  19. mist
  20. buy
  21. past
  22. cell
  23. sell
  24. son
  25. flew
  26. break
  27. sun
  28. right
  29. sun
  30. blue
  31. meet
  32. night
  33. knot
  34. dear
  35. write
  36. tale
  37. waste
  38. meat
  39. piece
  40. there

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