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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 711 · 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 “knight”? (a) sail (b) night (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) mail (b) sale (c) by
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) meat (b) peace (c) maid
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) missed (b) their (c) meet
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) rose (b) waist (c) there
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) blew (b) see (c) cell
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) past (b) mail (c) pear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) one (b) weak (c) meet
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) no (b) grown (c) flower
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) mail (b) their (c) not
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) wait (b) knew (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) hear (b) rows (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hear (b) rode (c) bear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) by (b) sea (c) know
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) buy (c) there
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) sun
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) bare (b) here (c) missed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) piece (b) knew (c) right
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) right (c) pear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) steel (c) grown
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) here (b) bury (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) no (b) sail (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) mist (c) eight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) weight (b) eight (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) know (b) write (c) plain
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) tail (b) groan (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) won (b) ate (c) maid
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) their (b) eight (c) grown
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) flower (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) missed
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) right (c) cell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) grown (b) sea (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) ate (b) rose (c) weight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) mail (b) break (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) waste (c) week
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) won (c) buy
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) piece (b) bare (c) toe
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) berry (b) flu (c) eight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) waste (c) sun

Answer key

  1. night
  2. sale
  3. maid
  4. their
  5. there
  6. cell
  7. pear
  8. meet
  9. flower
  10. not
  11. knew
  12. rows
  13. rode
  14. know
  15. night
  16. bare
  17. missed
  18. right
  19. break
  20. pear
  21. bury
  22. toe
  23. rose
  24. knight
  25. write
  26. weight
  27. meat
  28. ate
  29. eight
  30. sun
  31. berry
  32. flu
  33. sea
  34. weight
  35. break
  36. flour
  37. sea
  38. toe
  39. flu
  40. grown

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