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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 763 · 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 “new”? (a) steal (b) knew (c) plane
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) flew (c) sale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) sale (b) sell (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flower (b) flu (c) knot
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) right (b) piece (c) mail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) cell (b) buy (c) knot
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) maid (b) sun (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) pear (b) sea (c) waist
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) heal (c) piece
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flower (b) not (c) blew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) berry
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) new (b) blue (c) sun
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) hear (c) sale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) week (b) won (c) past
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) plain (b) write (c) weight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) bear (b) rows (c) peace
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) won (b) ate (c) new
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) brake
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) made (b) peace (c) road
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) week (b) flu (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) flower (b) flew (c) no
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) by (b) pear (c) blew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) steal (b) eight (c) toe
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) write (b) tow (c) plane
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) groan (c) sail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rows (b) bare (c) see
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) there (c) here
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) made (c) rose
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) buy (b) eight (c) waist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) right (b) past (c) sun
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) aloud (b) past (c) write
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) allowed (b) eight (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) made (b) flower (c) ate
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) male (c) flour
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) eight (c) there
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) sun (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flu (b) sell (c) pear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) flour (c) sail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) road (b) sell (c) mail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) steal (b) made (c) break

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. one
  3. see
  4. knot
  5. piece
  6. buy
  7. sun
  8. sea
  9. not
  10. blew
  11. passed
  12. sun
  13. see
  14. past
  15. weight
  16. rows
  17. new
  18. eight
  19. road
  20. steal
  21. no
  22. pear
  23. toe
  24. tow
  25. new
  26. bare
  27. deer
  28. their
  29. waist
  30. past
  31. write
  32. right
  33. ate
  34. break
  35. grown
  36. road
  37. pear
  38. tow
  39. mail
  40. made

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