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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 327 · 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 “tale”? (a) peace (b) passed (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) cell (b) knew (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) tale (b) here (c) flew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) piece (b) bury (c) buy
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) allowed (b) waste (c) plain
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) knight (b) mist (c) won
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) sale (b) hole (c) weight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) cell (c) their
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) deer (b) steal (c) right
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) rose (b) brake (c) tow
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) hear (b) rows (c) made
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) tail (b) here (c) maid
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) steal (b) sale (c) knight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) here (c) brake
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) whole (c) pair
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) heal (c) rose
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) week (b) male (c) hear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) hole (c) sale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) by (c) past
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flew (b) there (c) allowed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) here (b) steal (c) hole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) meet (b) past (c) knot
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hole (b) rode (c) mail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) plane (b) son (c) hole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) flower (b) wait (c) see
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) mail (b) tow (c) aloud
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) steal (b) waste (c) know
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) knew (c) blue
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) passed (b) mist (c) heel
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) sell (c) won
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) won (c) cell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) bear (b) deer (c) flu
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) heel (b) blew (c) sea
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) knew (b) by (c) plane
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) steel (b) knot (c) wait
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) flew (c) ate
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) one (b) there (c) blue
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) waste (c) sun
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flour (b) night (c) meet

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. knew
  3. flew
  4. bury
  5. plain
  6. mist
  7. weight
  8. knot
  9. right
  10. brake
  11. rows
  12. maid
  13. knight
  14. flew
  15. sale
  16. waste
  17. blue
  18. hear
  19. rose
  20. tow
  21. allowed
  22. hole
  23. past
  24. rode
  25. son
  26. see
  27. tow
  28. waste
  29. sale
  30. mist
  31. passed
  32. sea
  33. flu
  34. blew
  35. plane
  36. wait
  37. see
  38. there
  39. know
  40. meet

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