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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 898 · 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 “knot”? (a) their (b) not (c) see
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) allowed (b) night (c) brake
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flower (b) their (c) right
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) right (b) sell (c) their
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) by (b) steal (c) pair
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) knot (c) see
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) pear (b) break (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) won (b) meet (c) knew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) blue (b) grown (c) eight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) rose (b) tale (c) there
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) groan (b) allowed (c) pear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) here (b) rose (c) right
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) heel (c) meat
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) bury (b) maid (c) night
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) weight (b) steal (c) sell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) sell
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) flour (b) weight (c) here
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) sail (c) past
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) know (b) hear (c) wait
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) missed (b) dear (c) cell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) flour (b) deer (c) write
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) road (b) weak (c) steel
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) passed (c) there
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) week (c) toe
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) waste (c) hear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) meet (b) aloud (c) won
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) meat (b) groan (c) waist
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) blue (b) meet (c) new
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) tow (c) berry
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) flour (c) sea
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) break (b) know (c) week
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) blew (b) waist (c) there
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) knight (b) by (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) one (c) brake
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) passed (b) plain (c) groan
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) grown (b) rode (c) write
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) mail (b) sell (c) missed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) son (b) whole (c) wait
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) here (c) sale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) waste (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. not
  2. night
  3. right
  4. their
  5. pair
  6. blue
  7. break
  8. knew
  9. eight
  10. tale
  11. pear
  12. right
  13. pair
  14. maid
  15. sell
  16. flu
  17. weight
  18. waste
  19. wait
  20. cell
  21. deer
  22. weak
  23. steal
  24. bear
  25. berry
  26. aloud
  27. groan
  28. meet
  29. sale
  30. steal
  31. know
  32. there
  33. blue
  34. hear
  35. plain
  36. write
  37. sell
  38. whole
  39. meet
  40. won

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