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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 70 · 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 “heal”? (a) steel (b) hear (c) heel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) here (b) one (c) steal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) meat (b) pair (c) not
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) hear (c) cell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) no (b) night (c) deer
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) grown (b) won (c) brake
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) knight (c) waist
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) allowed (b) heal (c) sun
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) flour (c) ate
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) rose (b) allowed (c) by
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) blue (b) know (c) knot
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) tail (b) dear (c) flour
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) night (b) eight (c) piece
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) one (c) brake
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) rode (b) berry (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) week (b) steel (c) past
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) weight (b) hole (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) knew (b) toe (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) past (b) maid (c) pear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) waste (b) missed (c) write
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) here (b) flu (c) maid
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) pair (b) plane (c) hear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) steel (b) rows (c) dear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) won (b) tale (c) there
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) cell (c) bury
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) one (b) knew (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) right (b) knight (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) rose (b) by (c) meet
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) groan (b) rode (c) weak
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) by (b) mail (c) flower
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) made (b) their (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) road (b) past (c) break
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) there (b) sell (c) eight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) know (c) hear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) waste (b) sun (c) one
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) one (b) flour (c) road
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) son (b) heel (c) sale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) eight (b) steel (c) meat
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tow (b) steel (c) blue
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) there (b) heel (c) new

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. one
  3. not
  4. rode
  5. deer
  6. won
  7. deer
  8. sun
  9. knight
  10. allowed
  11. know
  12. dear
  13. piece
  14. flower
  15. eight
  16. steel
  17. waist
  18. toe
  19. pear
  20. write
  21. flu
  22. hear
  23. dear
  24. tale
  25. their
  26. missed
  27. no
  28. by
  29. weak
  30. mail
  31. night
  32. break
  33. eight
  34. won
  35. one
  36. flour
  37. sale
  38. steel
  39. blue
  40. new

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