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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 112 · 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 “knot”? (a) not (b) steel (c) deer
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) there (b) plane (c) flower
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) pear (c) heal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) past (b) toe (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tow (b) tail (c) bare
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) tail (b) made (c) there
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) allowed (b) know (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) know (b) deer (c) right
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) waste (b) hole (c) tail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) won (b) grown (c) flour
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) peace (c) wait
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) meat (b) blew (c) sail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) brake (c) bear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) grown (c) right
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) bear (b) grown (c) berry
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) tail (b) steal (c) weak
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) flew (b) piece (c) rows
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) bury (c) past
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) wait (c) piece
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) sea (b) aloud (c) whole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) eight (b) allowed (c) tow
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) passed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) tale (b) write (c) bear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) here (b) hole (c) male
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) flower
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) their (b) passed (c) sea
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) male (c) heal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) mail (b) won (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) night (c) knot
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) allowed (b) write (c) flower
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) meet (b) right (c) toe
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) sale (b) weight (c) road
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) right (b) peace (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) flu (c) bury
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) blue (c) flew
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) their (b) sun (c) rose
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) week (b) by (c) tail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) there (c) right
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sail (b) flour (c) road
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) hole (b) passed (c) plane

Answer key

  1. not
  2. plane
  3. rows
  4. sea
  5. tail
  6. made
  7. know
  8. right
  9. hole
  10. grown
  11. flew
  12. sail
  13. made
  14. waste
  15. berry
  16. weak
  17. piece
  18. tale
  19. steal
  20. whole
  21. tow
  22. passed
  23. bear
  24. male
  25. blue
  26. passed
  27. one
  28. won
  29. whole
  30. flower
  31. toe
  32. road
  33. heal
  34. see
  35. see
  36. rose
  37. by
  38. not
  39. flour
  40. plane

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