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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 733 · 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 “weight”? (a) their (b) see (c) wait
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) deer (c) break
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) won (b) tail (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) past (c) right
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sail (b) groan (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sail (b) new (c) rode
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) steel (b) knew (c) flew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) pair (b) one (c) right
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) son (b) not (c) waste
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) dear (b) groan (c) rows
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) grown (c) flower
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) road
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) made (c) son
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) waist (c) dear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) hear (b) meat (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) see (b) there (c) weak
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) missed (b) heel (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) flower (c) wait
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) ate (b) flu (c) pair
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) weight (c) peace
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) knight (b) sell (c) flu
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) sale (c) night
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) pear (c) berry
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) flower (b) hear (c) no
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) meat (b) know (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) heal (c) waist
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) son (b) mist (c) brake
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) rows (b) allowed (c) toe
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) piece (b) knight (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) knot (b) weak (c) night
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) knight (b) sea (c) week
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) eight (b) groan (c) tow
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) rows (c) new
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) their (b) flour (c) cell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) flower (c) week
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) flower (c) son
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) pear (b) steal (c) son
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) tale (b) rose (c) break
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) male (b) meat (c) son
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) plane (b) allowed (c) flu

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. grown
  3. buy
  4. rows
  5. groan
  6. new
  7. flew
  8. one
  9. not
  10. rows
  11. missed
  12. road
  13. knot
  14. whole
  15. right
  16. there
  17. heel
  18. heal
  19. flu
  20. won
  21. sell
  22. sun
  23. brake
  24. no
  25. night
  26. pair
  27. brake
  28. allowed
  29. knight
  30. weak
  31. sea
  32. tow
  33. missed
  34. cell
  35. flew
  36. new
  37. son
  38. break
  39. meat
  40. flu

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