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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 198 · 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 “flu”? (a) flew (b) by (c) sea
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) blue (b) son (c) sale
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) new (b) grown (c) tow
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) no (c) road
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) road (c) made
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) aloud (c) knew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) buy (b) weak (c) sun
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) hear (b) knew (c) ate
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flower (b) missed (c) eight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) mail (b) week (c) hole
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) new (b) bare (c) steel
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) here (c) mail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) plain (b) sun (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) tale (b) knight (c) waist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) whole (b) cell (c) night
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) toe (b) right (c) weight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) aloud (b) sun (c) blew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) cell (b) not (c) son
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) maid (b) sell (c) ate
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) by (b) grown (c) brake
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) mail (b) flour (c) knight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) passed (b) their (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) road (b) waist (c) whole
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) son (b) missed (c) flower
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knot (b) night (c) here
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) tail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) knight (b) tale (c) bare
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) sail (b) peace (c) toe
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) no (b) waist (c) hole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) mail (b) write (c) knew
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) knew (b) won (c) heel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) ate
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) blew (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) write (b) passed (c) made
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) sail (b) steel (c) flu
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) night
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) flu (b) wait (c) road
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) blue (b) bare (c) meat
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) there (b) aloud (c) week
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) son

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. sale
  3. tow
  4. grown
  5. flu
  6. plane
  7. weak
  8. knew
  9. eight
  10. week
  11. bare
  12. new
  13. no
  14. knight
  15. night
  16. weight
  17. blew
  18. son
  19. sell
  20. brake
  21. flour
  22. write
  23. whole
  24. missed
  25. here
  26. flower
  27. tale
  28. peace
  29. waist
  30. knew
  31. heel
  32. hear
  33. break
  34. made
  35. flu
  36. allowed
  37. wait
  38. meat
  39. aloud
  40. buy

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