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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 284 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) blew (b) wait (c) made
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) their (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) groan (b) whole (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) see (b) flour (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) flu (b) right (c) sale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) mail (b) pair (c) grown
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) tale (b) right (c) deer
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) by (b) not (c) road
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) one (c) brake
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) see (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) week (b) aloud (c) ate
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) rows (c) wait
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) peace (c) dear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) knot
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) blew (b) flower (c) hear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) mail (b) break (c) see
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) meat (c) maid
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) made (b) cell (c) piece
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) write (b) past (c) won
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) break (c) heal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) son (b) passed (c) meet
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) peace (c) one
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) weight (b) knight (c) waist
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) grown (b) blue (c) one
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) cell (c) knight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) weight (b) here (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) brake (b) hole (c) maid
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) steal (c) week
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) berry (b) no (c) steel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) allowed (b) peace (c) flu
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) tale (b) male (c) hole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) tale (b) toe (c) waste
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) wait (b) sea (c) plane
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) aloud (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) dear (b) flew (c) passed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) blew (c) buy
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) groan (c) deer
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) mist (b) heal (c) eight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) hear (c) hole
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) sell (c) knot

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. plane
  3. whole
  4. flour
  5. sale
  6. pair
  7. right
  8. not
  9. son
  10. hear
  11. aloud
  12. berry
  13. mist
  14. pear
  15. flower
  16. break
  17. heel
  18. cell
  19. past
  20. night
  21. meet
  22. missed
  23. waist
  24. blue
  25. knot
  26. night
  27. hole
  28. tail
  29. steel
  30. flu
  31. male
  32. waste
  33. plane
  34. knot
  35. flew
  36. weight
  37. week
  38. heal
  39. rode
  40. rose

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