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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 542 · 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 “blue”? (a) see (b) pear (c) blew
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) weak (b) sell (c) plain
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) berry (b) meet (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) piece (c) road
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) there (b) peace (c) hole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) their (c) blew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) no (b) weight (c) flu
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) sun (c) break
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) berry (b) toe (c) heal
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) knight (b) write (c) road
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) mist (b) flour (c) road
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) sea (b) blue (c) here
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) there (b) son (c) write
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) not (b) waste (c) past
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) knight (b) right (c) hear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) pair (b) right (c) waist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) aloud (b) passed (c) sea
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) know
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) wait (c) week
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) groan (c) son
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) flower (b) eight (c) made
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) whole (b) steal (c) won
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) won (b) tail (c) buy
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) rode (c) hear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) dear (c) passed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) bare (c) buy
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) waste (b) one (c) male
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) bear (b) waist (c) deer
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) right (b) knight (c) aloud
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) know (b) maid (c) toe
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) aloud (b) rode (c) not
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) sun (b) right (c) eight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) hear (b) grown (c) berry
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) write (c) knot
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) meet (b) buy (c) hear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) wait (c) sale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) write (c) sea
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) new (b) bury (c) night
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) wait (b) won (c) steel

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. plain
  3. meet
  4. week
  5. peace
  6. flew
  7. flu
  8. know
  9. heal
  10. write
  11. flour
  12. blue
  13. son
  14. waste
  15. right
  16. waist
  17. passed
  18. know
  19. ate
  20. not
  21. made
  22. won
  23. tail
  24. sail
  25. blue
  26. cell
  27. male
  28. waist
  29. knight
  30. bury
  31. toe
  32. rode
  33. eight
  34. berry
  35. knew
  36. buy
  37. new
  38. blew
  39. night
  40. steel

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