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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 670 · 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 “missed”? (a) break (b) their (c) mist
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) bear (b) berry (c) know
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) no (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) toe (c) bury
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) not (b) plane (c) toe
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) know (b) ate (c) not
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) knot (b) steel (c) heal
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) flu (b) toe (c) plain
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) one
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) whole (b) there (c) flour
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) rose (b) hole (c) deer
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) made (b) see (c) won
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) male (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) bury (b) rose (c) made
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) bury (b) rode (c) by
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) here (b) meat (c) made
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) missed (b) knight (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) rode (c) whole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) pair (b) tow (c) road
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) night (b) plain (c) bare
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) hear (b) grown (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) maid (b) toe (c) blew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) pair (c) know
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) son (c) sail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) mist (b) plane (c) write
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) meet (c) made
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) wait (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) rows (b) grown (c) meet
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) piece (b) groan (c) meet
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) pear (c) steal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) rows (c) flew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) deer (b) ate (c) write
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) flew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) groan (b) bare (c) dear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) allowed (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) bury (b) past (c) here
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) whole (b) peace (c) toe
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) cell (c) tow
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) see (c) rode
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) see (c) by

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. know
  3. knew
  4. ate
  5. plane
  6. not
  7. heal
  8. toe
  9. ate
  10. flour
  11. deer
  12. won
  13. allowed
  14. made
  15. rode
  16. made
  17. knight
  18. son
  19. road
  20. bare
  21. grown
  22. toe
  23. whole
  24. one
  25. write
  26. here
  27. rose
  28. meet
  29. meet
  30. knew
  31. one
  32. write
  33. flew
  34. dear
  35. hear
  36. here
  37. peace
  38. male
  39. meat
  40. sun

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