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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 580 · 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 “weak”? (a) hear (b) pear (c) week
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sell (b) sale (c) flour
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) plain (c) knight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) hole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) bare (c) hear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) knight (b) wait (c) deer
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) past (b) write (c) buy
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) sell (c) brake
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) wait (b) blew (c) sea
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) here (b) rose (c) sail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) bare (c) meat
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) bury
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) meat (c) brake
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) tow (b) pear (c) rode
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) pear (b) eight (c) made
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) blew (b) past (c) right
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) weak (c) ate
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) by (b) past (c) no
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) whole (b) rows (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) hole (b) road (c) know
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) pear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) piece (b) one (c) bear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) whole (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) weight (b) hole (c) mist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) sun (c) groan
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) deer (b) plain (c) hear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) sail (c) there
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) bare (c) waist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) hole (c) knight
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) new (b) mist (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) aloud (b) maid (c) see
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) rows (b) heal (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) blew (b) steal (c) allowed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) knight (c) rows
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) here (c) rows
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) knot (b) sun (c) buy
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) know (b) break (c) hear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) ate (c) one
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) passed (b) steal (c) know
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) new (b) toe (c) know

Answer key

  1. week
  2. flour
  3. week
  4. meet
  5. rows
  6. deer
  7. buy
  8. maid
  9. blew
  10. sail
  11. passed
  12. bury
  13. knight
  14. pear
  15. made
  16. right
  17. flower
  18. past
  19. grown
  20. know
  21. eight
  22. bear
  23. rode
  24. hole
  25. ate
  26. hear
  27. night
  28. sale
  29. heel
  30. mist
  31. maid
  32. heal
  33. allowed
  34. won
  35. steal
  36. sun
  37. break
  38. wait
  39. steal
  40. toe

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