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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 299 · 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 “wait”? (a) rows (b) knot (c) weight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) waist (b) there (c) steal
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) sell (c) hole
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sail (b) buy (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) piece (c) see
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) week (c) knight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) blew (b) their (c) right
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) steal (b) knight (c) there
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) wait (b) one (c) aloud
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) flu (b) rose (c) cell
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) meat (c) aloud
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) by (b) bury (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) rose (b) brake (c) heal
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) blew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) see (b) not (c) steal
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) break (b) past (c) tale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) berry (c) groan
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) road (b) weight (c) flew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) past (b) sell (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) past (b) break (c) hear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) right (c) here
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) waist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) ate (b) flour (c) meat
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) no (b) weak (c) tow
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) night (c) maid
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) tow (b) flew (c) heel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) waist (b) tail (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) tale (b) son (c) won
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) right (c) dear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) plane (c) mail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) cell (b) groan (c) sun
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) missed (c) tale
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) blue (b) their (c) plane
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) male (c) meet
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) knight (c) waste
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) night (b) toe (c) piece
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) waist (b) steal (c) flower
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) made (c) aloud
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) won (b) rows (c) tail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) sell (b) male (c) know

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. there
  3. plain
  4. buy
  5. pair
  6. break
  7. right
  8. knight
  9. aloud
  10. cell
  11. dear
  12. night
  13. heal
  14. pair
  15. steal
  16. tale
  17. wait
  18. flew
  19. there
  20. break
  21. allowed
  22. weak
  23. flour
  24. weak
  25. here
  26. flew
  27. no
  28. son
  29. eight
  30. meet
  31. groan
  32. peace
  33. plane
  34. knot
  35. bear
  36. piece
  37. steal
  38. berry
  39. rows
  40. male

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