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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 581 · 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 “night”? (a) blew (b) made (c) knight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) sail (c) steel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sell (b) sale (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) allowed (b) blew (c) flower
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) rows
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) right (c) blew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) meat (b) flu (c) see
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) bare (c) bury
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flew (b) weak (c) flour
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) flower (b) hear (c) berry
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) dear (b) whole (c) road
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) grown (c) eight
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) plane (b) meat (c) dear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) steal (b) grown (c) new
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) hear (b) berry (c) rows
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) write (b) tow (c) weight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) know (c) not
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) past (b) eight (c) made
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) blew (b) eight (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) meat (b) blew (c) flew
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) bear (b) passed (c) no
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) meat (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) rode (c) made
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) won (b) waste (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sea (b) deer (c) meet
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) aloud (b) weight (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) blew (c) allowed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) missed (b) heal (c) write
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hear (b) rode (c) weak
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) flour (b) buy (c) pair
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sale (b) flu (c) groan
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) weight (b) sale (c) toe
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) buy (b) peace (c) aloud
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) pair (c) flu
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) break (b) here (c) son
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) son
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) waste (c) right
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) rows (b) eight (c) hole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) allowed (b) see (c) brake
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) plain (c) road

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. waist
  3. male
  4. flower
  5. tow
  6. break
  7. flu
  8. heel
  9. flour
  10. hear
  11. road
  12. pear
  13. meat
  14. new
  15. rows
  16. tow
  17. won
  18. eight
  19. eight
  20. flew
  21. passed
  22. weak
  23. grown
  24. sea
  25. meet
  26. weight
  27. brake
  28. heal
  29. rode
  30. buy
  31. flu
  32. toe
  33. peace
  34. waste
  35. son
  36. son
  37. plain
  38. hole
  39. see
  40. groan

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