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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. plane
  2. heal
  3. plain
  4. bare
  5. rose
  6. meat
  7. whole
  8. hear
  9. mail
  10. knew
  11. pear
  12. flower
  13. new
  14. their
  15. flew
  16. hole
  17. knight
  18. ate
  19. toe
  20. aloud
  21. weight
  22. meat
  23. won
  24. tale
  25. knight
  26. weak
  27. not
  28. blue
  29. bear
  30. blew
  31. brake
  32. mist
  33. tow
  34. deer
  35. there
  36. bury
  37. ate
  38. sell
  39. mist
  40. no

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