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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 376 · 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 “knight”? (a) blue (b) passed (c) night
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) won (b) tail (c) peace
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) night (b) knot (c) allowed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) their (b) right (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) see (b) flour (c) allowed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) their (c) blew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) not (b) heal (c) there
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) mail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) peace (b) tale (c) their
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) right (c) missed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) son (b) plain (c) sell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) weak (b) knight (c) road
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) weight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flu (b) eight (c) bear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) see (b) by (c) not
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mist (b) mail (c) know
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) won (b) wait (c) son
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) tail (b) meet (c) missed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) weight (b) maid (c) dear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) heal (b) bury (c) sail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) there
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) piece (b) blue (c) steal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) made (b) rode (c) flour
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) flu (c) mist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) mist (b) pear (c) deer
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) male (c) plain
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) bare (c) night
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sun (b) piece (c) blew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) flour (b) male (c) piece
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) one (b) cell (c) here
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) night (b) past (c) road
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) plain (b) sun (c) sale
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) hole (b) heal (c) brake
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) heel (b) by (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) steel (c) mail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) wait (b) bury (c) write
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) peace (c) blew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) allowed (c) weight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) knot (b) buy (c) know
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flew (b) pear (c) see

Answer key

  1. night
  2. peace
  3. knot
  4. hear
  5. flour
  6. missed
  7. heal
  8. sea
  9. tale
  10. break
  11. sell
  12. road
  13. hole
  14. eight
  15. not
  16. mail
  17. son
  18. missed
  19. dear
  20. sail
  21. plain
  22. blue
  23. flour
  24. bare
  25. pear
  26. berry
  27. there
  28. blew
  29. male
  30. cell
  31. past
  32. sun
  33. heal
  34. by
  35. deer
  36. bury
  37. plain
  38. knight
  39. know
  40. see

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