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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 449 · 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 “piece”? (a) tale (b) blew (c) peace
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sea (b) by (c) flew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) ate (b) road (c) night
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) rode (b) knew (c) plane
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) know (b) blue (c) maid
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) waste (b) dear (c) right
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sail (b) break (c) week
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) knight (b) son (c) rose
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) write (b) waist (c) flour
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) pear (b) tale (c) plane
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) missed (c) brake
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flu (b) not (c) son
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) weak (c) flu
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) peace (c) missed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) mist (c) rose
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) ate (c) toe
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sail (b) plane (c) sell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) son (b) here (c) right
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) not
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) won (b) there (c) see
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) know (b) week (c) sale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) past (b) break (c) pear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) weight (b) dear (c) pair
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) tail (b) mail (c) son
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) ate (b) no (c) flu
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) knot (b) write (c) blue
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) meat (b) cell (c) knight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) bury (b) sea (c) sun
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) there
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) knot (c) past
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) rose (b) bare (c) sail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) heel (b) won (c) night
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) not (b) hear (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) blew (b) knew (c) sell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) tail (c) buy
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) plain (b) sale (c) knot
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) won (b) dear (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) tail (b) bury (c) meet
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) wait (b) passed (c) road
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rows (b) knew (c) sea

Answer key

  1. peace
  2. flew
  3. night
  4. plane
  5. blue
  6. right
  7. break
  8. rose
  9. flour
  10. plane
  11. week
  12. not
  13. knight
  14. deer
  15. ate
  16. flower
  17. sell
  18. here
  19. blew
  20. there
  21. sale
  22. break
  23. dear
  24. son
  25. flu
  26. write
  27. cell
  28. sun
  29. rode
  30. whole
  31. sail
  32. won
  33. heal
  34. knew
  35. their
  36. knot
  37. meet
  38. meet
  39. passed
  40. knew

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