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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 378 · 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 “night”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) tow
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) right (c) bear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) see (c) flew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) night (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) wait (b) blew (c) bare
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) cell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) night (c) ate
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) sale (c) flour
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) flu (b) sail (c) plane
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) hole (c) groan
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) road (c) their
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) heel (b) weight (c) pair
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) rows (b) here (c) knew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) eight (b) heal (c) plane
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) son (b) hole (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) aloud (b) toe (c) dear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) weight (b) bear (c) knight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) blue (b) know (c) not
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) male (b) deer (c) no
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) night (b) won (c) no
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) by (b) meet (c) ate
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sea (b) made (c) sale
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) bury (b) maid (c) steal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) allowed (b) there (c) night
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) rose (b) weak (c) berry
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) no (b) sun (c) mail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) one
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) missed (b) rose (c) cell
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) steal (b) flew (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) aloud (b) one (c) waste
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) pear (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) cell (b) their (c) passed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) bury (c) ate
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knew (b) allowed (c) knot
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sell (b) plain (c) pair
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) bear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) break (b) flower (c) son
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) bury (c) mail
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) steal (c) one
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) bury (b) their (c) flower

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. knew
  3. peace
  4. sea
  5. bare
  6. meet
  7. see
  8. right
  9. plane
  10. brake
  11. sell
  12. weight
  13. here
  14. heal
  15. hole
  16. dear
  17. bear
  18. not
  19. deer
  20. no
  21. meet
  22. sale
  23. steal
  24. night
  25. weak
  26. sun
  27. one
  28. cell
  29. waste
  30. waste
  31. whole
  32. passed
  33. plane
  34. knot
  35. plain
  36. blue
  37. son
  38. pear
  39. rows
  40. flower

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