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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 81 · 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 “passed”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) past
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) here (b) pair (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) berry (c) groan
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) rose (c) peace
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) steal (b) not (c) bear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) past (b) son (c) groan
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) break (b) aloud (c) flew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) sell
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) piece (b) pear (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sea (b) night (c) know
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) won (b) missed (c) weak
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) blew (b) knew (c) hole
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) aloud
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) sell (b) sale (c) passed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) hear (c) sell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) blue (b) male (c) rode
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) heel (c) aloud
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) ate (b) sail (c) knew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) deer (b) steal (c) male
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) road (b) deer (c) meet
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) son (b) flower (c) by
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) plain (c) wait
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) not (b) week (c) sea
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) flower (c) there
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) knew (c) meet
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) won (b) flower (c) knew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) sale (c) not
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) deer (c) piece
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) know (b) piece (c) weight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) flour (c) not
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) weight (b) won (c) road
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) pear (b) aloud (c) eight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) weight (c) groan
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) groan (b) flour (c) meet
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) flu (b) rows (c) tale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rows (b) flew (c) sun
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) mail (b) berry (c) knight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) mist (b) sea (c) plain
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) missed (b) flour (c) sea
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) groan

Answer key

  1. past
  2. week
  3. hear
  4. grown
  5. not
  6. groan
  7. flew
  8. sell
  9. pear
  10. night
  11. weak
  12. hole
  13. aloud
  14. passed
  15. waist
  16. male
  17. here
  18. knew
  19. male
  20. meet
  21. by
  22. right
  23. week
  24. dear
  25. not
  26. flower
  27. waste
  28. tail
  29. weight
  30. piece
  31. road
  32. aloud
  33. missed
  34. flour
  35. rows
  36. sun
  37. knight
  38. plain
  39. flour
  40. allowed

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