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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 877 · 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 “meat”? (a) meet (b) eight (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) groan (b) flew (c) rode
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) know (c) not
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) allowed (b) flower (c) right
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) peace (c) weak
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sun (b) ate (c) here
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tow (b) knew (c) bare
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) blew (b) buy (c) bury
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) cell (b) bear (c) blew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) break (b) won (c) waist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) write (c) buy
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) knot (b) flower (c) groan
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) mail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) pair (b) sale (c) one
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) bare (b) no (c) right
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) blue (b) no (c) night
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) sale (c) allowed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) break (b) sail (c) not
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) by (c) piece
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) missed (b) deer (c) right
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) eight (b) write (c) new
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) sail (b) tail (c) maid
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) one (b) flew (c) break
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) rows (b) sail (c) bear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tow (b) sail (c) allowed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) berry (b) missed (c) tail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) missed (b) grown (c) right
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) brake (b) tow (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) pear (c) sail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) aloud (b) knot (c) flu
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) by (c) road
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) heel (b) sell (c) their
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) brake (b) mail (c) plain
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) pear (c) steal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) meet (b) know (c) piece
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) road (b) their (c) pear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) deer (c) aloud
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) allowed (b) rows (c) past
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) there (b) know (c) deer
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) missed (b) write (c) sun

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. rode
  3. knight
  4. flower
  5. mist
  6. ate
  7. knew
  8. buy
  9. blew
  10. waist
  11. bare
  12. groan
  13. mail
  14. sale
  15. no
  16. night
  17. weak
  18. not
  19. sail
  20. deer
  21. write
  22. maid
  23. break
  24. bear
  25. allowed
  26. missed
  27. grown
  28. their
  29. their
  30. knot
  31. grown
  32. sell
  33. plain
  34. flour
  35. piece
  36. pear
  37. knot
  38. past
  39. know
  40. write

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