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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 486 · 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 “plain”? (a) sea (b) meet (c) plane
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) blue (b) made (c) heal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) missed (b) week (c) tail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) rows (c) eight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) aloud (b) night (c) piece
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) weight (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) male (b) one (c) wait
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) flour (b) flu (c) night
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) bare (b) knew (c) waist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flour (b) plain (c) bear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) knew (b) cell (c) sale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) heel (b) son (c) by
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sail (b) flour (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) hear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) meat (c) brake
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) week (b) pear (c) ate
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) new (b) missed (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) right
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) wait (c) ate
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) allowed (b) knew (c) peace
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) one (c) rows
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) steal (b) hear (c) weak
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) deer (b) whole (c) steel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) new (b) mail (c) right
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) passed (b) heal (c) maid
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) blew (b) there (c) knight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) blew (b) heel (c) flower
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) bare (c) grown
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) no (b) son (c) mail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) bare (b) knew (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) brake (b) blue (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) won (b) see (c) aloud
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) rode (b) mail (c) plain
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) plane (c) missed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) flew (b) their (c) road
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) weight (c) pear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) mail (b) blew (c) here
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) no (b) grown (c) pear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) whole (b) pair (c) mail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) made (b) here (c) flower

Answer key

  1. plane
  2. heal
  3. tail
  4. there
  5. piece
  6. break
  7. wait
  8. night
  9. knew
  10. bear
  11. sale
  12. by
  13. flour
  14. flower
  15. not
  16. ate
  17. sun
  18. cell
  19. berry
  20. peace
  21. know
  22. weak
  23. whole
  24. mail
  25. maid
  26. knight
  27. heel
  28. pair
  29. son
  30. rose
  31. deer
  32. see
  33. plain
  34. hear
  35. road
  36. sell
  37. blew
  38. pear
  39. pair
  40. here

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