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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 557 · 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 “knight”? (a) weak (b) toe (c) night
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) waste (b) break (c) here
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) dear (b) knight (c) missed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) weight (b) plane (c) see
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) waist (c) sun
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) weight (b) flower (c) pair
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flower (b) waste (c) aloud
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) brake
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) rose (c) hear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) tow (b) plane (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) there (b) flew (c) brake
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) toe (b) deer (c) wait
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flu (b) blue (c) mail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) hear (b) blew (c) weight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) deer (b) blew (c) waste
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) there (b) meat (c) passed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) know (c) wait
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) their (b) waist (c) piece
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) one (b) see (c) eight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) allowed (b) night (c) no
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) rode (c) whole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) plane (b) sail (c) pear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) night (b) waist (c) cell
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) blew (c) deer
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) weight (c) pear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) whole (b) write (c) weak
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) male (c) bear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) weak (b) there (c) rode
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) male (c) night
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) one (c) passed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sun (b) sail (c) pear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) sail (c) waste
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) tail (c) blue
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) night (b) write (c) weight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) pair (c) sea
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) sea (c) missed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) by (c) steal
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) new
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) dear (b) wait (c) grown

Answer key

  1. night
  2. here
  3. missed
  4. plane
  5. here
  6. pair
  7. waste
  8. brake
  9. flower
  10. steal
  11. flew
  12. deer
  13. mail
  14. weight
  15. meet
  16. waste
  17. meat
  18. mist
  19. piece
  20. see
  21. no
  22. flower
  23. pear
  24. cell
  25. made
  26. heal
  27. weak
  28. know
  29. there
  30. pair
  31. bury
  32. pear
  33. right
  34. allowed
  35. write
  36. weak
  37. won
  38. knight
  39. new
  40. grown

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