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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 656 · 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 “knot”? (a) not (b) blew (c) their
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) mail (b) see (c) road
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) hear (b) son (c) flu
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) see (c) tow
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) knight (b) cell (c) rode
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) their (b) flu (c) cell
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) mail (b) flu (c) plane
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) write (b) pear (c) flour
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) road (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) made (b) sea (c) son
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) toe (b) hear (c) weak
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) passed (b) made (c) there
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) eight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) plain (b) wait (c) sale
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) hear (b) made (c) meat
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) flew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) one (b) made (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) plain (b) passed (c) knight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) week (b) hole (c) night
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) knew (b) deer (c) male
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) ate (b) cell (c) peace
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) dear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) knew (b) waist (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) eight (b) hole (c) pair
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) mist (b) flu (c) past
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) plain (b) blue (c) aloud
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) sun (b) not (c) bare
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) aloud (b) meat (c) their
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) won (b) passed (c) meet
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) mail (b) rows (c) made
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) hole (b) weight (c) meat
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) bear (c) hole
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) past (b) waste (c) hole
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) break (b) won (c) passed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) blue (b) road (c) won
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) right (b) maid (c) flew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) sale (b) bear (c) missed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) week (b) new (c) by
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) son (c) brake
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) ate

Answer key

  1. not
  2. road
  3. flu
  4. know
  5. cell
  6. cell
  7. plane
  8. pear
  9. sell
  10. son
  11. weak
  12. there
  13. blew
  14. wait
  15. meat
  16. ate
  17. mail
  18. knight
  19. hole
  20. male
  21. peace
  22. allowed
  23. waist
  24. pair
  25. past
  26. aloud
  27. not
  28. their
  29. passed
  30. rows
  31. weight
  32. know
  33. waste
  34. won
  35. road
  36. maid
  37. missed
  38. new
  39. flower
  40. blue

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