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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 628 · 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 “no”? (a) know (b) rode (c) rose
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) passed (c) knew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) meat (c) blue
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) rose (c) male
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) there (b) tale (c) see
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) here (b) blew (c) waste
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) right (c) rose
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) peace (c) know
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) tail (b) toe (c) week
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) made (c) meat
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) night (c) weak
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sell (b) see (c) their
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) sale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) rows (b) not (c) heal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) here (b) new (c) weak
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) groan (c) bear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) steel (b) right (c) meat
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) mist (b) hole (c) allowed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) dear (b) plane (c) sell
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) past (b) son (c) there
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) weak (b) grown (c) cell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) grown (c) heal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hole (b) rode (c) deer
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) see (b) meet (c) tow
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) steal (b) not (c) whole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flew (b) flower (c) deer
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) by (b) night (c) son
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sale (c) one
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) bear (b) tow (c) ate
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) tale (c) sell
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) waist (b) rows (c) groan
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) grown (b) ate (c) made
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) maid (c) flour
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) one (b) cell (c) deer
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) rode (b) whole (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) flu (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) maid (b) knew (c) knight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) groan (b) whole (c) flour
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) steal (b) cell (c) brake
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) knot (b) waste (c) buy

Answer key

  1. know
  2. rose
  3. flower
  4. peace
  5. see
  6. waste
  7. groan
  8. knot
  9. toe
  10. hear
  11. rose
  12. their
  13. heal
  14. heal
  15. new
  16. by
  17. meat
  18. allowed
  19. plane
  20. there
  21. grown
  22. night
  23. rode
  24. tow
  25. not
  26. flower
  27. son
  28. hear
  29. ate
  30. here
  31. rows
  32. made
  33. knight
  34. deer
  35. male
  36. bare
  37. knight
  38. flour
  39. brake
  40. buy

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