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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 417 · 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 “not”? (a) knot (b) break (c) plain
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sea (b) sell (c) plain
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) ate (b) peace (c) sea
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) night (b) no (c) not
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sell (b) heel (c) flour
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) tail (b) whole (c) meet
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) allowed (c) mist
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) brake (b) pair (c) passed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) meet
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) maid (c) sun
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) ate (b) weak (c) peace
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bear (b) flew (c) tale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) male (b) break (c) knew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) right (b) meat (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) hear (b) knight (c) pair
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) not (b) steel (c) write
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) night (c) no
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) knew (b) grown (c) rows
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) rose (b) male (c) week
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) rose (b) right (c) allowed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) eight (b) flu (c) piece
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sea (b) aloud (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) there (b) mist (c) rows
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) night (b) break (c) peace
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) break (b) week (c) cell
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) allowed (c) steel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) weight (b) ate (c) flew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) weight (b) break (c) tow
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) allowed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) tale (c) break
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) mist (b) toe (c) pair
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) toe (c) see
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) eight (c) waste
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) berry (b) knight (c) steal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) wait (b) sea (c) sale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sale (b) meat (c) brake
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) sale (b) heel (c) tail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) toe (b) weight (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) dear (c) there
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) plain (c) see

Answer key

  1. knot
  2. plain
  3. sea
  4. no
  5. flour
  6. whole
  7. sell
  8. pair
  9. meet
  10. flower
  11. peace
  12. tale
  13. break
  14. meat
  15. knight
  16. write
  17. blue
  18. grown
  19. week
  20. allowed
  21. flu
  22. no
  23. mist
  24. break
  25. cell
  26. waist
  27. flew
  28. tow
  29. meet
  30. dear
  31. pair
  32. right
  33. their
  34. steal
  35. sea
  36. brake
  37. heel
  38. by
  39. plane
  40. piece

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