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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 68 · 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 “knight”? (a) night (b) sale (c) allowed
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) here (c) knight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) rose (b) sea (c) flour
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) meat (b) write (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) weak (c) bare
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) meet (b) their (c) knight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) meet (b) see (c) won
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) new (b) hole (c) cell
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) peace
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) see (c) bear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) groan (b) rode (c) steal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sea (b) dear (c) meet
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) son (b) missed (c) night
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) bare (b) heal (c) meat
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) tow (b) bare (c) hear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knew (b) piece (c) know
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) allowed (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) break (b) meat (c) whole
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) blue (b) one (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) knew (b) mist (c) their
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) hear (c) flu
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) not (b) rows (c) missed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) not (b) blue (c) buy
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) pair (b) flu (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) aloud (b) weight (c) break
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) allowed (b) bare (c) blue
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) flour (b) know (c) mist
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) ate (c) knot
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) hear (b) their (c) break
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) male (b) break (c) here
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) cell
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sail (b) sun (c) by
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) groan (b) bury (c) missed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) wait (b) hole (c) made
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) right (b) knight (c) break
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) tale (b) male (c) waste
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) one (b) knot (c) steal
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) knight (b) see (c) waist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) knight (b) mist (c) plane
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) new

Answer key

  1. night
  2. allowed
  3. flour
  4. past
  5. knot
  6. their
  7. won
  8. hole
  9. berry
  10. heel
  11. steal
  12. meet
  13. missed
  14. meat
  15. hear
  16. know
  17. sun
  18. meat
  19. there
  20. their
  21. made
  22. rows
  23. blue
  24. flu
  25. weight
  26. bare
  27. mist
  28. steel
  29. break
  30. break
  31. cell
  32. by
  33. bury
  34. hole
  35. knight
  36. male
  37. steal
  38. see
  39. plane
  40. passed

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