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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 796 · 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 “grown”? (a) wait (b) whole (c) groan
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) know (b) their (c) allowed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) flew (c) rows
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) hole (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) groan (b) sea (c) waste
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) hear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) one (b) rode (c) mist
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) here
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tale (b) steal (c) eight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) pair (b) hole (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) pear (b) rode (c) one
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) whole (b) knot (c) toe
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) night (b) grown (c) steel
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) plane (b) waist (c) weak
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) knight (b) tail (c) missed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flew (b) deer (c) their
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) sell (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) there (b) plain (c) by
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) knew (c) see
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) rows (c) hole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) heal (c) plain
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) flew (c) groan
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) by (c) their
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) peace (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) heal (c) plane
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) break (b) steel (c) tail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) flower (b) groan (c) blew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) piece (b) one (c) know
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) brake (b) tale (c) heel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) eight (b) grown (c) see
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) bear (b) eight (c) past
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) tale (b) weight (c) not
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) buy (b) male (c) their
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) tow
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) hole (b) won (c) write
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) blew (b) tale (c) plain
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) right (b) son (c) flew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) plain (b) knight (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) knew (b) pair (c) weak
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) piece (b) toe (c) bury

Answer key

  1. groan
  2. allowed
  3. night
  4. hear
  5. sea
  6. knight
  7. mist
  8. blue
  9. steal
  10. hole
  11. rode
  12. toe
  13. steel
  14. weak
  15. tail
  16. their
  17. dear
  18. by
  19. here
  20. wait
  21. maid
  22. plain
  23. know
  24. knot
  25. new
  26. tail
  27. groan
  28. know
  29. heel
  30. see
  31. past
  32. weight
  33. their
  34. tow
  35. won
  36. tale
  37. son
  38. knight
  39. pair
  40. toe

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