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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 271 · 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 “plane”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) ate
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) mail (b) week (c) heal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mail (b) wait (c) rode
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flu (b) new (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) pair (b) here (c) berry
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) there (b) wait (c) sell
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) flu (b) not (c) ate
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) toe (b) rode (c) tail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) their (b) right (c) bear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) missed (c) no
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) bear (b) by (c) knot
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) no (b) sun (c) meet
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) dear (c) eight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) meet (b) tail (c) see
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) heal (b) deer (c) son
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) male (b) no (c) heal
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) missed (b) their (c) knight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) son (b) mist (c) here
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) eight (c) night
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) write (c) ate
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) plain (c) won
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) son (c) heel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) maid (c) there
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) sea (b) cell (c) flu
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) rose (b) bury (c) tow
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sale (b) buy (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) one (b) flower (c) heel
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) past (b) brake (c) tail
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) berry (b) meet (c) weight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) tale (c) knight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) steel (c) blew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flew (b) write (c) made
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knot (b) rows (c) one
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) heal (c) cell
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) steal (b) week (c) ate
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) son (b) write (c) blue
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) rows (b) night (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) heal (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knot (b) grown (c) know
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) heal (c) sail

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. week
  3. wait
  4. new
  5. here
  6. wait
  7. ate
  8. rode
  9. bear
  10. waist
  11. by
  12. sun
  13. tow
  14. see
  15. deer
  16. heal
  17. their
  18. mist
  19. aloud
  20. blew
  21. night
  22. flour
  23. eight
  24. flu
  25. tow
  26. buy
  27. heel
  28. tail
  29. meet
  30. write
  31. pear
  32. write
  33. one
  34. allowed
  35. ate
  36. blue
  37. tale
  38. son
  39. know
  40. sun

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