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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 672 · 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 “son”? (a) plane (b) made (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) past (b) rose (c) flower
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) new
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) aloud (c) hole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) steel (b) know (c) week
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) hear (b) sale (c) flower
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) pair (b) wait (c) hear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) see (b) blew (c) buy
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) meet (c) there
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) knot (c) mail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) break (b) sail (c) mist
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) past (b) sail (c) groan
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) piece (b) dear (c) blue
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) here (c) sea
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) grown (c) aloud
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) mail (b) piece (c) their
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) there (c) ate
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) night (b) blue (c) ate
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) mail (b) piece (c) cell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) hear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) knew (c) missed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) pear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) cell
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) tail (c) hear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) eight (b) son (c) new
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) pear (c) son
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) waste (c) pair
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) heal (c) night
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) know (b) mist (c) week
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knot (b) sun (c) ate
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) mail (c) eight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) bury (b) one (c) no
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) sail (b) dear (c) weight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) allowed (c) mist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) son (c) sail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) deer (b) there (c) write
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) knot (c) eight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knew (b) waist (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) know (c) flu
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) deer (c) sea

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. rose
  3. heal
  4. knight
  5. know
  6. sale
  7. wait
  8. buy
  9. berry
  10. deer
  11. sail
  12. sail
  13. blue
  14. pair
  15. sun
  16. their
  17. bear
  18. blue
  19. piece
  20. hear
  21. here
  22. pear
  23. cell
  24. steal
  25. new
  26. heal
  27. right
  28. bury
  29. mist
  30. ate
  31. hole
  32. no
  33. dear
  34. past
  35. allowed
  36. write
  37. no
  38. flour
  39. ate
  40. tail

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