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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 880 · 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 “write”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) right
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) there (b) aloud (c) break
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) flower (b) wait (c) made
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) heal (c) tail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) mist (b) plane (c) knight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) road (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) right (b) break (c) by
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) son (b) here (c) passed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) night (b) by (c) sea
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) sell (b) one (c) waist
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) plain (b) buy (c) see
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) blew (b) won (c) pear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) heal (b) plane (c) pair
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) male (b) waste (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flower (b) grown (c) one
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) rose (b) not (c) deer
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) write (b) bury (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) sell (b) toe (c) male
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) steal (b) road (c) pair
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) whole (c) heal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) night (b) heal (c) whole
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) wait (c) steel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) sell (b) rose (c) by
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) grown (b) sale (c) mist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) berry (b) pear (c) plane
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) new (b) made (c) know
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) sea (b) ate (c) road
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) there (b) knight (c) brake
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) blew (b) waist (c) hole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) steal (b) passed (c) berry
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) flower (b) whole (c) road
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) tail (c) deer
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) pair (c) meat
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) week (b) allowed (c) plain
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) plain (c) buy
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) meat
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) by
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flower (b) mail (c) road
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) sale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) flew (b) peace (c) grown

Answer key

  1. right
  2. aloud
  3. wait
  4. son
  5. plane
  6. maid
  7. break
  8. here
  9. by
  10. one
  11. see
  12. pear
  13. pair
  14. sun
  15. grown
  16. not
  17. see
  18. toe
  19. road
  20. wait
  21. heal
  22. flower
  23. rose
  24. mist
  25. plane
  26. know
  27. road
  28. knight
  29. hole
  30. berry
  31. whole
  32. no
  33. bury
  34. allowed
  35. knight
  36. weak
  37. sun
  38. mail
  39. heel
  40. grown

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