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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 919 · 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 “rode”? (a) weak (b) toe (c) road
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) rose (b) blew (c) here
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) tow (b) sail (c) won
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) by (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) meet (b) bear (c) plane
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) heel (c) aloud
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) right (b) hole (c) flower
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) rode (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) buy (c) sun
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) rows (b) write (c) not
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) flower (b) blue (c) plane
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) wait (b) flower (c) blew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) steel (b) night (c) allowed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sell (b) no (c) not
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) blue (b) whole (c) dear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sale (b) brake (c) eight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) write (b) heel (c) whole
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) one (b) past (c) night
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) there (b) won (c) bury
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flu (b) waist (c) new
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) allowed (b) pear (c) their
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) their (b) pair (c) buy
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) one (b) write (c) bare
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) blew (b) plane (c) heal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) waste (b) made (c) road
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) plane (b) sun (c) there
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) rose (b) sail (c) dear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) mail (c) brake
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) knight (b) tow (c) see
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flour (b) knew (c) made
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) whole (b) won (c) mist
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) deer (b) won (c) here
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) their (c) sale
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) knew (c) pear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flower (b) waste (c) rows
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) aloud (b) peace (c) steel
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) there
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) week (b) flower (c) plain
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) mail (b) brake (c) deer
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) week (c) made

Answer key

  1. road
  2. here
  3. won
  4. no
  5. plane
  6. tale
  7. hole
  8. rows
  9. right
  10. not
  11. blue
  12. blew
  13. night
  14. not
  15. dear
  16. eight
  17. heel
  18. night
  19. bury
  20. new
  21. pear
  22. buy
  23. bare
  24. heal
  25. road
  26. there
  27. dear
  28. here
  29. tow
  30. knew
  31. mist
  32. won
  33. heal
  34. by
  35. waste
  36. steel
  37. there
  38. flower
  39. deer
  40. new

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