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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 743 · 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 “allowed”? (a) meet (b) aloud (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) rode (b) groan (c) hear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flower (b) know (c) tale
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) dear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) knew (c) heel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) weak (b) groan (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) night (b) see (c) break
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) write
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) weight (c) past
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) heel (b) sun (c) their
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) won (b) road (c) flew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) peace (c) deer
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) write (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) missed (c) new
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) made (b) meet (c) plain
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) deer (b) steel (c) there
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) sell (b) road (c) won
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) peace (b) pair (c) grown
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) pair (c) hear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) not (b) male (c) week
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) right (b) knot (c) waste
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sea (b) one (c) made
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) sell (c) ate
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) toe (b) blew (c) pear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) flu (c) meat
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) no (b) tale (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) by (b) heel (c) sun
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) no (b) pear (c) flour
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) past (c) male
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) rose (b) waste (c) passed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) road (b) flu (c) pear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) weight (b) eight (c) not
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) heel (b) meet (c) bear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) male (b) right (c) sell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) peace
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) missed (b) knight (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flour (b) heel (c) not
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) one (b) no (c) bear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) cell (b) sea (c) aloud
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) knight (b) past (c) sun

Answer key

  1. aloud
  2. hear
  3. know
  4. rose
  5. sale
  6. blue
  7. see
  8. write
  9. buy
  10. their
  11. road
  12. flew
  13. one
  14. piece
  15. plain
  16. there
  17. won
  18. pair
  19. flour
  20. week
  21. knot
  22. one
  23. sea
  24. blew
  25. mail
  26. night
  27. sun
  28. pear
  29. waste
  30. passed
  31. pear
  32. eight
  33. bear
  34. right
  35. meet
  36. maid
  37. not
  38. no
  39. sea
  40. sun

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