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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 668 · 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 “night”? (a) knight (b) passed (c) missed
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) rose (b) one (c) sell
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) weight (b) plane (c) by
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) won (c) mist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) toe (c) here
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) flower (b) peace (c) there
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sail (b) no (c) one
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sun (b) meet (c) male
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) male (b) bare (c) hear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) tale (b) weak (c) rose
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) break (b) hole (c) blue
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) blew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) steal (b) blew (c) past
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) grown (b) mist (c) no
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) heal (c) allowed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) sell (b) know (c) plane
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) by (b) flour (c) missed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) heel (b) deer (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) sale
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) groan (b) made (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) whole (b) week (c) toe
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) rose (b) no (c) hole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) pear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knew (b) night (c) knot
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) see (b) whole (c) by
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) dear (b) bury (c) know
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sail (b) heel (c) groan
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) dear (b) male (c) by
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) aloud (b) toe (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) made (b) weight (c) knight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sale (b) blew (c) pear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) heal (b) flour (c) not
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) cell (b) tow (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) brake (b) berry (c) mist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) steal (b) grown (c) rode
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) steel (c) dear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) made (b) waste (c) right
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) made (b) ate (c) deer
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) mail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) pair (c) toe

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. one
  3. by
  4. not
  5. knight
  6. peace
  7. no
  8. meet
  9. bare
  10. rose
  11. blue
  12. brake
  13. past
  14. mist
  15. weight
  16. plane
  17. flour
  18. deer
  19. sale
  20. made
  21. toe
  22. hole
  23. sun
  24. knot
  25. whole
  26. know
  27. groan
  28. male
  29. pair
  30. weight
  31. pear
  32. not
  33. tow
  34. mist
  35. rode
  36. right
  37. waste
  38. ate
  39. sale
  40. flower

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