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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 807 · 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 “won”? (a) not (b) one (c) plane
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) past
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) berry (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) berry (b) passed (c) sea
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) meet (b) hole (c) deer
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) not (b) knew (c) right
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sell (b) week (c) sail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) heal (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) missed (b) steal (c) blew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) groan (b) plane (c) tow
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) see (c) missed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) there (b) night (c) meet
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) plane (b) flew (c) buy
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) tail (b) sail (c) cell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) pear (b) allowed (c) right
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) there (b) night (c) flour
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) right (b) won (c) weak
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sail (b) buy (c) no
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) ate (b) flower (c) know
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) night (c) son
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) whole (b) wait (c) new
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) made (b) allowed (c) plain
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) night (b) grown (c) rode
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) blue (b) flour (c) break
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) whole (b) here (c) made
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flour (b) sea (c) sell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) new (b) heel (c) by
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) bear (b) piece (c) toe
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) buy (c) not
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) flower (b) aloud (c) tail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) blew (c) no
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) heel (b) weight (c) plain
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) rows (c) no
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) plane
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) steal (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) rows (c) knot
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) steal (b) night (c) waste
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) right (b) no (c) passed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) meat (b) deer (c) pear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sail (b) pair (c) heal

Answer key

  1. one
  2. past
  3. sun
  4. sea
  5. hole
  6. knew
  7. sail
  8. bury
  9. blew
  10. tow
  11. blew
  12. meet
  13. flew
  14. cell
  15. allowed
  16. night
  17. weak
  18. no
  19. flower
  20. not
  21. wait
  22. allowed
  23. grown
  24. flour
  25. here
  26. sell
  27. by
  28. toe
  29. write
  30. tail
  31. cell
  32. weight
  33. whole
  34. blue
  35. deer
  36. ate
  37. waste
  38. no
  39. pear
  40. pair

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