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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 823 · 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 “right”? (a) write (b) ate (c) whole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) blew (c) weight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) there (b) missed (c) allowed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) buy (b) flower (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) waist (b) there (c) sun
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) toe (b) aloud (c) maid
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) one (b) knot (c) night
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) bare (b) deer (c) break
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) allowed (b) road (c) passed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sea (b) know (c) pair
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) meet
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) tow (c) flour
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) hole (b) tail (c) heal
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) grown (c) knot
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) toe (c) blew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) cell (b) mist (c) rose
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) blue (b) sell (c) road
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sale (b) whole (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) here (c) no
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) not (b) pair (c) write
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) groan (b) there (c) weight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) hole (b) wait (c) steal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) road (b) meet (c) allowed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) there (c) brake
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) blew (c) past
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) pair (b) no (c) not
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) piece (b) ate (c) tale
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) no (b) male (c) write
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) road (c) steal
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) mail (b) hear (c) cell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) meat (c) mist
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) blue (b) grown (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tail (b) blue (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) blew (b) sun (c) peace
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) mail (c) allowed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) sun (c) steel
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) maid (b) plane (c) won
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) mail (b) not (c) flour
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) blue (b) son (c) won
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) rode (b) hear (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. write
  2. sea
  3. allowed
  4. flower
  5. sun
  6. maid
  7. night
  8. break
  9. passed
  10. know
  11. missed
  12. rode
  13. tail
  14. break
  15. son
  16. mist
  17. sell
  18. flour
  19. week
  20. pair
  21. there
  22. steal
  23. allowed
  24. grown
  25. meat
  26. not
  27. tale
  28. write
  29. aloud
  30. cell
  31. dear
  32. grown
  33. blue
  34. peace
  35. pear
  36. there
  37. plane
  38. not
  39. won
  40. hear

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