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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 654 · 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 “flu”? (a) flew (b) right (c) no
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) right (c) eight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) write (b) past (c) sail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) wait (c) hole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) rode (b) knight (c) sea
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) plane (b) steel (c) mist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) allowed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) right (b) meet (c) grown
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) night (b) hole (c) right
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) aloud (c) night
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) ate (b) cell (c) piece
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) flew (c) blew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) write (c) not
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) hole (c) heal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) sea (b) weight (c) aloud
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) bear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) road (b) flower (c) wait
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) allowed (b) pear (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) weak (c) bare
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) dear (b) son (c) know
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) blew (b) sell (c) knight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) heel (c) wait
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) bear (b) rode (c) heel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) not (b) cell (c) made
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) piece (c) missed
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) whole (b) flew (c) groan
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) ate (b) bare (c) sea
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) buy (b) plain (c) night
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) here (b) pair (c) ate
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) rose (b) tow (c) waist
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) buy (b) eight (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) whole (b) knew (c) night
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) steel (b) night (c) bear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) bury (b) made (c) flour
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) break (c) blew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) no (b) buy (c) allowed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) rose (c) maid
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) steal (b) right (c) meet
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) blew (b) write (c) made

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. peace
  3. sail
  4. berry
  5. knight
  6. mist
  7. pear
  8. grown
  9. hole
  10. flour
  11. piece
  12. tow
  13. tail
  14. see
  15. weight
  16. bear
  17. wait
  18. pear
  19. road
  20. know
  21. knight
  22. made
  23. heel
  24. piece
  25. made
  26. wait
  27. flew
  28. bare
  29. plain
  30. ate
  31. waist
  32. eight
  33. knew
  34. night
  35. flour
  36. not
  37. allowed
  38. won
  39. right
  40. write

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