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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 739 · 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 “not”? (a) bear (b) flour (c) knot
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) no (b) steal (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) rows (c) one
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) steel (b) flour (c) eight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) meat (c) knew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) brake (c) heal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) peace (b) bare (c) waist
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) toe (b) sale (c) grown
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) eight (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) deer
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) bare (b) tow (c) berry
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) heel (c) steal
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) road (b) tale (c) sea
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) passed (b) grown (c) night
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flower (b) their (c) bury
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) bear (b) by (c) missed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) past (c) tail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) heal (b) mist (c) weight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) one (c) dear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) won (b) sail (c) see
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) knew (c) by
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) hear (b) mail (c) road
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) bury (b) weak (c) blue
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) eight (b) pair (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sail (b) blue (c) flew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) blew (b) flour (c) won
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) son (c) flour
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sell (b) made (c) tale
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) rode (b) break (c) grown
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) cell (b) no (c) groan
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) grown (b) son (c) whole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) heal (b) plain (c) knew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) write (c) sail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) sell (c) flew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) blew (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) heel
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) new (b) peace (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) blue (b) night (c) hole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) wait (b) sun (c) ate
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) son (b) write (c) flour

Answer key

  1. knot
  2. blue
  3. wait
  4. eight
  5. break
  6. road
  7. bare
  8. sale
  9. rode
  10. deer
  11. berry
  12. tow
  13. sea
  14. grown
  15. bury
  16. by
  17. night
  18. mist
  19. pear
  20. sail
  21. not
  22. road
  23. weak
  24. weight
  25. flew
  26. won
  27. passed
  28. made
  29. break
  30. no
  31. whole
  32. knew
  33. piece
  34. groan
  35. heal
  36. blew
  37. peace
  38. night
  39. sun
  40. write

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