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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 822 · 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 “night”? (a) knight (b) groan (c) sea
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) aloud (b) ate (c) past
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) rode (b) know (c) grown
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) knew (b) know (c) wait
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) rose (c) here
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) plain (c) bury
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) night (b) rose (c) waist
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) passed (c) bare
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) won (b) sea (c) sail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) toe (b) bare (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) waste (c) made
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) made (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) rode (c) flower
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) right (b) heel (c) grown
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) piece (b) mist (c) sail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) son (b) pear (c) grown
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flour (b) hole (c) break
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) plain (b) past (c) whole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) peace (c) weak
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) weak (c) not
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) plane (b) sell (c) rose
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) knight (b) piece (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) missed (b) tow (c) bear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) rose (c) blew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) mail (b) bury (c) wait
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) here (c) bear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) plain (b) sun (c) tail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) rose (b) sell (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) steel (c) heel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) peace (b) male (c) week
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) rows (c) allowed
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) bear (b) son (c) buy
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) rode
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) berry (c) sale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) there (c) peace
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) week (b) hear (c) pear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) there (b) dear (c) pear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) weak (b) rows (c) here
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) hear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) rode (b) eight (c) no

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. ate
  3. grown
  4. wait
  5. heel
  6. see
  7. rose
  8. sail
  9. sea
  10. right
  11. tale
  12. tow
  13. past
  14. heel
  15. mist
  16. pear
  17. hole
  18. past
  19. flu
  20. eight
  21. rose
  22. piece
  23. tow
  24. by
  25. bury
  26. sale
  27. sun
  28. sell
  29. flew
  30. male
  31. new
  32. buy
  33. hole
  34. toe
  35. mail
  36. pear
  37. dear
  38. here
  39. hear
  40. eight

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