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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 677 · 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 “right”? (a) sea (b) write (c) knew
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) maid (b) knew (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) won (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) night (b) mist (c) whole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) wait (c) flew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) bury (b) night (c) steal
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) berry (c) rose
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) see (c) heal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) sale (b) steal (c) sell
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) ate (b) flour (c) past
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) here (b) ate (c) not
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) right (c) hear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) flew (b) sale (c) son
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) made (c) rode
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) aloud (b) sail (c) hear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) break (c) peace
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) flower (c) wait
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) maid
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) rose (c) groan
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) by (b) sell (c) break
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) deer (b) sun (c) pear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) right (b) toe (c) knew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) male (b) here (c) write
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) eight (c) rode
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) week
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) write (b) brake (c) knew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) berry (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) steel (b) missed (c) sun
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) steal (c) groan
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) by (b) hole (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) sun (b) bear (c) groan
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) allowed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) bare
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) not (b) sea (c) tale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) eight (b) pair (c) flower
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) break (b) write (c) cell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) pear (b) passed (c) break
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knight (b) bare (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) hear (b) tail (c) heel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) blew (b) bare (c) heel

Answer key

  1. write
  2. knight
  3. plane
  4. mist
  5. toe
  6. night
  7. hole
  8. aloud
  9. steal
  10. past
  11. not
  12. meet
  13. sale
  14. steal
  15. hear
  16. ate
  17. waste
  18. maid
  19. tale
  20. break
  21. pear
  22. knew
  23. here
  24. rose
  25. week
  26. knew
  27. knot
  28. sun
  29. tale
  30. hole
  31. groan
  32. allowed
  33. flower
  34. sea
  35. pair
  36. cell
  37. passed
  38. flour
  39. tail
  40. bare

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