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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 74 · 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 “there”? (a) right (b) their (c) berry
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) buy (c) weight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) road (b) knight (c) tale
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) week (b) whole (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knight (b) week (c) meet
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) dear (b) flu (c) blew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) sail (c) rows
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) ate (b) steal (c) tale
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) week (b) sale (c) sun
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) berry (b) dear (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) road (b) knew (c) sea
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) waste (b) new (c) plain
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) aloud
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) buy (c) son
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) blew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) here (b) son (c) their
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) mist (c) deer
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) won (c) rode
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) brake (c) hear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) here (b) blew (c) no
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) write (b) tail (c) cell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) plain (c) sail
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flu (b) break (c) steel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) bear (b) dear (c) peace
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) rows
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) blew (b) rows (c) hole
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) plain (b) made (c) berry
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) son (b) weight (c) bear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) cell (c) one
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) brake (c) waste
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) maid
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) pear (b) male (c) blew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) ate (b) past (c) rose
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hole (b) new (c) maid
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sea (b) there (c) flew
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) bear (b) allowed (c) buy
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) won (b) pair (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) sale (c) bury
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) rode (b) whole (c) bear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) mist (b) rose (c) no

Answer key

  1. their
  2. night
  3. knight
  4. whole
  5. meet
  6. blew
  7. made
  8. tale
  9. sun
  10. dear
  11. knew
  12. new
  13. aloud
  14. flew
  15. blew
  16. son
  17. flower
  18. groan
  19. tale
  20. no
  21. tail
  22. road
  23. steel
  24. dear
  25. sell
  26. rows
  27. berry
  28. weight
  29. maid
  30. piece
  31. eight
  32. male
  33. past
  34. new
  35. there
  36. buy
  37. berry
  38. hear
  39. whole
  40. rose

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