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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 762 · 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 “know”? (a) dear (b) no (c) berry
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) bare (b) sea (c) right
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) won (b) maid (c) sun
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) plane (b) meet (c) week
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) mist (b) dear (c) eight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) flour (b) tow (c) buy
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) deer (c) steal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) weak (c) wait
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) plane (c) not
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) here (b) one (c) son
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) past (b) waist (c) grown
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) one (c) son
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) won (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) road (b) blue (c) pear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bare (b) passed (c) weak
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) plane (b) passed (c) rows
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) hear (b) toe (c) meat
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) tail (b) past (c) grown
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) road (b) here (c) night
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) one (b) hear (c) whole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) break (b) their (c) eight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) see (c) no
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) meat (c) week
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) wait (b) here (c) bear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) blue (b) knot (c) weight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) pair (c) week
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) tail (c) knot
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) here
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) weak (c) by
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) male (b) knight (c) sea
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) cell (c) dear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) maid (b) night (c) eight
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) here (b) bury (c) waist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) allowed (b) right (c) missed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) knot (c) buy
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) knot (c) weak
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) son (b) week (c) knot
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) pear (b) plane (c) peace
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) groan (b) steal (c) know
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) eight (c) heal

Answer key

  1. no
  2. sea
  3. sun
  4. week
  5. dear
  6. tow
  7. past
  8. berry
  9. waist
  10. one
  11. grown
  12. flew
  13. tale
  14. blue
  15. weak
  16. rows
  17. toe
  18. grown
  19. night
  20. whole
  21. their
  22. won
  23. here
  24. bear
  25. knot
  26. there
  27. one
  28. flower
  29. eight
  30. knight
  31. allowed
  32. night
  33. bury
  34. missed
  35. blew
  36. meet
  37. knot
  38. plane
  39. know
  40. pear

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