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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 632 · 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 “not”? (a) pair (b) knot (c) week
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) rose (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) male (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) mist (c) buy
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) rode (b) male (c) buy
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) past (c) dear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) bare (b) steel (c) write
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) steal (b) bear (c) blew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) toe
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) ate
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) road
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) bear (c) mail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) weight (c) allowed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) one (c) made
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) blue
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) tale (b) new (c) won
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) toe (b) here (c) new
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) rose (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) know (b) here (c) sun
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) son (c) passed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) wait (b) won (c) bear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) know (b) missed (c) whole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) know (b) sale (c) bury
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) write (b) steel (c) groan
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) road (c) hear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sale (b) bury (c) hole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) pear (c) blew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) not (b) tow (c) weak
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) week (b) not (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) there (c) heel
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flower (b) deer (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) whole (c) groan
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sale (b) male (c) write
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) night (b) break (c) right
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) sail (b) cell (c) flu
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) no (b) write (c) whole
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) sea (c) heel
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) week (b) plain (c) tale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) meat (b) maid (c) here
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) wait (b) maid (c) grown

Answer key

  1. knot
  2. week
  3. flu
  4. there
  5. buy
  6. night
  7. write
  8. blew
  9. tail
  10. ate
  11. flour
  12. pear
  13. passed
  14. know
  15. berry
  16. won
  17. new
  18. bear
  19. here
  20. pear
  21. bear
  22. whole
  23. sale
  24. steel
  25. flew
  26. bury
  27. passed
  28. tow
  29. not
  30. rose
  31. their
  32. son
  33. male
  34. right
  35. cell
  36. whole
  37. won
  38. tale
  39. maid
  40. maid

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