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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 426 · 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 “flew”? (a) hear (b) not (c) flu
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) right (b) ate (c) bury
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) here (c) mail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) one (b) sell (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) rose (b) knight (c) break
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) plane (b) wait (c) whole
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) write (b) knot (c) weight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) no (c) heal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flour (b) week (c) waist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) there (b) know (c) toe
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sail (b) weight (c) sun
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) knew (c) sell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) tale (b) plane (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) won (b) eight (c) see
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tail (b) allowed (c) peace
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) meat (b) waste (c) know
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) night (b) bare (c) grown
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) weak (b) knew (c) know
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) toe (b) hole (c) heel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) peace (b) toe (c) right
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) tale (c) blue
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) cell (c) rows
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) passed (b) steel (c) toe
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) one (c) knight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) new (b) flew (c) passed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) sale (b) night (c) here
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) not
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) flour (b) sale (c) one
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) berry (b) tow (c) break
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) bear (b) groan (c) pear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) grown (b) buy (c) see
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) week (c) won
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) toe (b) tail (c) ate
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) not (c) missed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) knot (b) hole (c) brake
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) steel (b) rose (c) sun
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) one (b) cell (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) eight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) mail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) new

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. ate
  3. flower
  4. flour
  5. knight
  6. whole
  7. weight
  8. knight
  9. waist
  10. know
  11. sun
  12. sail
  13. plane
  14. eight
  15. allowed
  16. waste
  17. bare
  18. know
  19. hole
  20. right
  21. waste
  22. week
  23. toe
  24. flower
  25. passed
  26. night
  27. not
  28. sale
  29. tow
  30. pear
  31. see
  32. dear
  33. tail
  34. groan
  35. hole
  36. rose
  37. tale
  38. heal
  39. mail
  40. new

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