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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 600 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) tale (c) blew
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) one (c) mist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) no (b) sell (c) write
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) brake (b) blue (c) groan
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) toe (b) blue (c) no
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) son (b) here (c) pear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flower (b) eight (c) steal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) hole (b) missed (c) piece
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) brake (c) son
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) night (b) buy (c) hear
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) no (b) flu (c) bury
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) weight (b) hear (c) not
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) flew (b) rose (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) mist (c) brake
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) steal (c) sun
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) road (b) meat (c) bear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) bare (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) mail (b) dear (c) aloud
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) cell (b) no (c) pear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) see (b) steal (c) here
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) peace (c) cell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) flower (b) tale (c) whole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) ate (b) flower (c) knight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) blew (b) weight (c) rode
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) tale (c) right
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) flour (c) groan
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) week (b) aloud (c) eight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) past (b) tail (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) made (b) tale (c) buy
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) brake (c) there
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) here
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) aloud (c) plane
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) flu (c) know
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) cell (b) steel (c) heel
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) sell (c) new
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) past (b) pair (c) made
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sun (b) peace (c) brake
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) write (b) knew (c) plane
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) cell (b) tail (c) weight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) sun (c) hole

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. week
  3. write
  4. groan
  5. blue
  6. here
  7. eight
  8. missed
  9. weak
  10. hear
  11. flu
  12. not
  13. rose
  14. won
  15. knot
  16. meat
  17. sell
  18. dear
  19. no
  20. here
  21. pair
  22. tale
  23. knight
  24. rode
  25. mail
  26. wait
  27. eight
  28. tail
  29. buy
  30. made
  31. ate
  32. road
  33. mist
  34. heel
  35. piece
  36. made
  37. brake
  38. plane
  39. weight
  40. pear

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