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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 638 · 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 “rose”? (a) by (b) knew (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) ate (b) their (c) allowed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) male (c) blue
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) their (b) knew (c) tale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) berry (b) blue (c) right
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) past (b) brake (c) wait
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) bury (b) tail (c) here
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) by (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) sell
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) dear (c) groan
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) grown (c) by
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) by (b) maid (c) blew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) bury (b) son (c) sail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) by (b) bare (c) night
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sail (b) son (c) flu
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) buy (b) see (c) blue
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) sell (c) missed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) missed (c) waist
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) knight (c) know
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) rose (b) buy (c) road
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) new (c) maid
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) allowed (b) sail (c) passed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) male (b) sell (c) break
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) grown (c) wait
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) male (c) flew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sale (b) blue (c) wait
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) waist (b) male (c) rode
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) road (c) tow
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) dear (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) sail (b) heel (c) new
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) blew (b) steel (c) toe
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) sun (b) deer (c) blue
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) night (b) won (c) there
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) wait (b) missed (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) hear (b) right (c) past
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) know (c) weight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) see (b) son (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) their (b) knot (c) tale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) waist (b) berry (c) tow
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) flu (b) buy (c) rose

Answer key

  1. rows
  2. their
  3. mist
  4. knew
  5. right
  6. wait
  7. here
  8. son
  9. knight
  10. piece
  11. sea
  12. blew
  13. son
  14. bare
  15. flu
  16. blue
  17. deer
  18. flew
  19. allowed
  20. buy
  21. flour
  22. sail
  23. break
  24. heal
  25. sale
  26. wait
  27. rode
  28. one
  29. knew
  30. heel
  31. steel
  32. deer
  33. there
  34. missed
  35. past
  36. there
  37. pair
  38. tale
  39. tow
  40. buy

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