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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 922 · 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 “groan”? (a) grown (b) rose (c) allowed
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) made (b) not (c) weight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sail (b) piece (c) tale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) toe (c) knight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) here (b) night (c) son
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) sail (b) flower (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) passed (b) male (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) one (b) cell (c) heel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) know (b) sail (c) past
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) rose (b) toe (c) break
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) waist (b) rode (c) see
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) piece (b) flew (c) know
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) pair
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) one (b) past (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) whole (b) grown (c) won
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) hole (b) toe (c) eight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) right
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) weight (b) brake (c) night
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) tail (b) aloud (c) pear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) not
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) heel (c) missed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) meet (b) flower (c) bury
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) rose (b) blew (c) hole
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) knot (c) plane
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hole (b) dear (c) rode
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) wait (b) sun (c) here
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) right (b) male (c) flu
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) waste (b) bear (c) missed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) allowed (b) rode (c) mist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) right (c) one
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) hear (b) one (c) pear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flower (b) flu (c) no
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) knight (c) dear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) sale (c) plane
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) rose (b) tail (c) bury
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) maid (c) plane
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) whole (b) deer (c) knew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) cell (b) brake (c) tale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) there (c) aloud
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) sun (b) mail (c) waist

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. weight
  3. tale
  4. dear
  5. night
  6. won
  7. sun
  8. heel
  9. past
  10. break
  11. see
  12. know
  13. pair
  14. past
  15. grown
  16. toe
  17. pair
  18. brake
  19. pear
  20. not
  21. there
  22. bury
  23. hole
  24. night
  25. rode
  26. sun
  27. male
  28. bear
  29. rode
  30. toe
  31. one
  32. flu
  33. see
  34. son
  35. bury
  36. mist
  37. deer
  38. tale
  39. new
  40. mail

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