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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 655 · 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 “groan”? (a) buy (b) night (c) grown
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) missed (c) weak
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) knew (c) brake
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) eight (b) whole (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) their (c) weak
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) their (b) hear (c) pair
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) flew (b) not (c) plain
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) see (b) won (c) son
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) by (c) sale
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) toe (b) maid (c) flew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) rose (c) one
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) knew (c) flower
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) hole (b) road (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) night (b) whole (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) pair (c) blue
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) rose (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) piece (b) eight (c) allowed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) hole (c) night
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sun (b) peace (c) wait
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knight (b) knew (c) pair
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) eight (c) heal
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) groan (b) know (c) pair
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) cell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) won (b) sun (c) by
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) mail (c) blew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) rose (b) berry (c) week
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) allowed (c) pear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) passed (c) brake
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) one (b) meat (c) rode
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) flu (b) hole (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) knew (c) tale
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) wait (b) steel (c) toe
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sun (b) flour (c) sell
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) by
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) know (b) mist (c) road
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) won (c) no
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) won (b) aloud (c) not
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) maid (c) here
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) weight (c) piece
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) new (b) week (c) night

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. rode
  3. meat
  4. know
  5. night
  6. hear
  7. plain
  8. son
  9. groan
  10. maid
  11. see
  12. blue
  13. one
  14. heel
  15. right
  16. blue
  17. eight
  18. steal
  19. wait
  20. knew
  21. allowed
  22. pair
  23. flew
  24. sun
  25. waist
  26. berry
  27. steel
  28. sale
  29. rode
  30. brake
  31. break
  32. toe
  33. flour
  34. by
  35. road
  36. tow
  37. not
  38. sea
  39. new
  40. week

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