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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 725 · 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 “knot”? (a) missed (b) not (c) son
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) blue (c) steal
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) brake (c) passed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) write (c) flower
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) whole (c) ate
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) right (b) male (c) sail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tow (b) tale (c) rode
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) tale (b) flu (c) meet
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) by (c) rode
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) road (b) waste (c) night
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) won (c) wait
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) flour
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) flour (b) rows (c) sell
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) night (b) sale (c) allowed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) deer (c) wait
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) meet (c) weak
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) sun (c) berry
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) knot (b) steel (c) hear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) heel (b) dear (c) weight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) road (b) sail (c) allowed
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) by (b) weak (c) wait
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) write (b) son (c) night
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) eight (b) knight (c) plane
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) by (c) toe
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) by (c) steal
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) hole (c) weak
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) write (c) wait
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) sell (c) steal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) meat (b) flew (c) week
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) knot (b) rose (c) rode
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) male (b) whole (c) dear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) knot (b) steel (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) tow (b) won (c) flour
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) mail (c) waste
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) piece (c) male
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) night (b) new (c) sea
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) groan (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) mail (b) week (c) heal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) see (b) steel (c) deer

Answer key

  1. not
  2. night
  3. sell
  4. tale
  5. pair
  6. sail
  7. rode
  8. meet
  9. mist
  10. waste
  11. hear
  12. waist
  13. rows
  14. allowed
  15. mist
  16. cell
  17. right
  18. hear
  19. dear
  20. allowed
  21. wait
  22. weak
  23. son
  24. knight
  25. not
  26. grown
  27. ate
  28. plain
  29. there
  30. week
  31. rode
  32. dear
  33. steel
  34. flour
  35. weight
  36. bury
  37. sea
  38. pear
  39. heal
  40. deer

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