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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 592 · 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 “write”? (a) sun (b) right (c) there
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) no (c) meat
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) week (b) blue (c) right
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) groan
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) waste (b) passed (c) missed
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) steel (b) by (c) male
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) tow (b) flour (c) knight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) here (b) groan (c) rows
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) their (b) heel (c) bury
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sea (b) one (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) weak (c) no
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) mist (c) tail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) see (b) rode (c) missed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) made (c) meat
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) heal (b) hear (c) buy
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) berry (b) here (c) knight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) plane (b) bury (c) heal
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) deer (c) tail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) peace (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) blue (b) dear (c) their
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) heel (b) not (c) made
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) night (b) plane (c) made
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) know (b) steel (c) flour
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) sale (c) pear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) break (b) heel (c) hole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) knew (b) tow (c) write
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) mist (b) one (c) blew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) bear (c) steal
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) knot
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) toe (b) sun (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) groan
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) rows (b) road (c) mist
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) tail (b) ate (c) whole
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) groan (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) hole (b) one (c) peace
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) sale (b) deer (c) waist
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) their (b) aloud (c) week
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) road (c) night
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) hole (b) meat (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) rode (b) meat (c) brake

Answer key

  1. right
  2. night
  3. blue
  4. groan
  5. passed
  6. by
  7. flour
  8. rows
  9. bury
  10. flower
  11. won
  12. eight
  13. rode
  14. see
  15. hear
  16. knight
  17. heal
  18. rows
  19. made
  20. dear
  21. not
  22. plane
  23. steel
  24. plain
  25. heel
  26. tow
  27. one
  28. right
  29. knot
  30. sun
  31. groan
  32. mist
  33. whole
  34. pair
  35. one
  36. deer
  37. aloud
  38. aloud
  39. flour
  40. meat

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