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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 635 · 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 “won”? (a) hole (b) weight (c) one
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) rode (c) tow
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) new (b) no (c) piece
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) week (b) heal (c) bury
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) hole (b) tail (c) meat
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) right
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) eight (b) missed (c) dear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) toe (b) whole (c) no
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) missed (c) bury
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) meet (b) past (c) hear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) sell (b) weight (c) rose
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) sun (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) waist (b) wait (c) mist
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) knew (b) road (c) flu
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) wait (b) no (c) see
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) flu (b) heel (c) night
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) mail (c) tale
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) mail (c) cell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) rose (b) there (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) buy (b) no (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) meat (b) waste (c) past
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) berry (b) sail (c) meet
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) plane (b) flour (c) sell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) see (b) male (c) their
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) rode
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) cell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) aloud (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) new (b) by (c) berry
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) one (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) tail (b) know (c) here
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) blew (b) flour (c) pear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) night (c) peace
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) no (c) sea
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) grown (b) sale (c) weak
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) mail (c) made
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) pear (b) blue (c) plane
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) pear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) rose (b) past (c) cell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) their (b) week (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) night (b) there (c) write

Answer key

  1. one
  2. missed
  3. no
  4. bury
  5. tail
  6. meet
  7. dear
  8. whole
  9. tail
  10. past
  11. rose
  12. sale
  13. mist
  14. flu
  15. see
  16. heel
  17. flower
  18. meat
  19. allowed
  20. no
  21. waste
  22. sail
  23. flour
  24. male
  25. blew
  26. bear
  27. knight
  28. berry
  29. tow
  30. here
  31. pear
  32. there
  33. knight
  34. sale
  35. heal
  36. plane
  37. pear
  38. cell
  39. week
  40. write

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