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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 735 · 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 “knot”? (a) not (b) blew (c) night
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) peace (b) deer (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) tail (b) flu (c) waist
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) ate (b) blue (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) made (b) meet (c) won
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) pear (c) no
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) won (c) blew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) one (b) rode (c) new
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) flu (c) meat
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) know (b) new (c) rode
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) heel (c) mist
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) here (b) flower (c) waste
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) mail (b) blue (c) brake
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) sun (c) no
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) tale (b) there (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) new (b) mist (c) sea
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) not (b) knight (c) tail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) hole (b) waste (c) knew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) know (b) break (c) week
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) missed (b) waist (c) ate
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) sell (b) ate (c) steel
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) write (c) knew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) see (b) knew (c) flew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) groan (b) meet (c) their
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tail (b) past (c) waist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) one (b) weight (c) weak
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) road (c) plane
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) knot (c) rode
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) blue (b) there (c) mist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) blew (b) pear (c) sun
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) brake (b) missed (c) rows
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) son (c) made
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) week (b) tow (c) eight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) grown (b) mail (c) bare
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) mist (b) weak (c) sail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) heel (b) tale (c) week
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) here (b) hole (c) groan
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) flower (c) week
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) flew (b) plain (c) night
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) break (b) ate (c) road

Answer key

  1. not
  2. deer
  3. flu
  4. blue
  5. won
  6. maid
  7. maid
  8. new
  9. bury
  10. rode
  11. meat
  12. waste
  13. brake
  14. plane
  15. groan
  16. mist
  17. tail
  18. knew
  19. break
  20. ate
  21. steel
  22. buy
  23. flew
  24. their
  25. waist
  26. weight
  27. here
  28. right
  29. mist
  30. sun
  31. rows
  32. knight
  33. tow
  34. mail
  35. sail
  36. tale
  37. hole
  38. made
  39. night
  40. road

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