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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 686 · 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 “not”? (a) tow (b) groan (c) knot
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) past
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) cell (c) tale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) plain (c) dear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) rose (b) there (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) not (c) berry
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) pair (b) road (c) not
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) rode
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) there (c) toe
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) here (c) passed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) flour (b) sun (c) blue
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) dear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) blew (b) maid (c) steel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) waste (c) eight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) tow (b) wait (c) sun
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) tow (b) tail (c) weight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) allowed (c) ate
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) write (c) heal
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) son (b) groan (c) knew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) mist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) berry (b) tale (c) flew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) rose (c) mist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) road (b) write (c) tail
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) whole (c) plane
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) sell (b) sun (c) plane
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) wait (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) buy (c) missed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) know (b) blew (c) rode
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) sun (c) blue
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) weak (b) bury (c) made
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) pair (b) here (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) dear (b) hole (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) brake (c) ate
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blew (b) bear (c) piece
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) missed (b) knot (c) piece
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) tow (c) sea
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) bare (b) heel (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) tow (c) waste
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) blew (b) knew (c) flu

Answer key

  1. knot
  2. their
  3. groan
  4. passed
  5. there
  6. bear
  7. not
  8. male
  9. sail
  10. mail
  11. sun
  12. flower
  13. maid
  14. mist
  15. wait
  16. weight
  17. sail
  18. bare
  19. groan
  20. knight
  21. tale
  22. blew
  23. write
  24. knight
  25. plane
  26. meet
  27. meet
  28. rode
  29. grown
  30. bury
  31. here
  32. hole
  33. steel
  34. piece
  35. piece
  36. flower
  37. deer
  38. heel
  39. see
  40. flu

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