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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 872 · 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 “hear”? (a) here (b) there (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) flu (c) made
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) sun (c) by
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) rose (c) blue
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) bear (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) male
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) here (b) knight (c) sale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) pair (c) rows
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) blew (b) past (c) rode
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) sale (c) see
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) flower (b) knot (c) won
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) tale (b) knot (c) heel
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sell (b) knew (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) eight (b) dear (c) write
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) sea (b) steel (c) here
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) right (b) grown (c) won
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) steel (b) see (c) whole
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) missed (b) mail (c) eight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) past (c) mist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) flower (c) sea
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) whole (b) see (c) blew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) toe (b) pear (c) maid
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tail (b) bear (c) pair
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) brake (c) pair
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) bare (b) peace (c) night
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) tow (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sell (b) knight (c) hole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) bear (b) missed (c) hole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) piece (b) wait (c) sea
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) buy (c) write
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) not (b) rows (c) wait
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flu (b) berry (c) night
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) groan (c) toe
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) berry (b) pear (c) ate
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) bear (b) see (c) by
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) one (b) know (c) by
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) peace (b) meet (c) waste
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) bare (b) sun (c) their
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) right (c) past
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) won (c) waste

Answer key

  1. here
  2. flu
  3. made
  4. not
  5. passed
  6. their
  7. sale
  8. tail
  9. rode
  10. sun
  11. won
  12. knot
  13. rode
  14. write
  15. here
  16. grown
  17. see
  18. eight
  19. whole
  20. aloud
  21. blew
  22. maid
  23. pair
  24. heal
  25. peace
  26. knot
  27. knight
  28. hole
  29. sea
  30. sail
  31. rows
  32. berry
  33. right
  34. ate
  35. by
  36. know
  37. meet
  38. sun
  39. tale
  40. no

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