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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 664 · 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 “flour”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) heal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) mail (b) plain (c) sea
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sale (b) one (c) flew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) steal (b) dear (c) knight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) flew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flour (b) eight (c) new
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) made (b) see (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) heal (b) eight (c) sail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) mail (b) right (c) knight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) flower (c) here
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) grown (b) knight (c) steal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) flower (b) waste (c) tow
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) blew (b) heal (c) buy
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) night (b) their (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) no (b) weight (c) flour
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) heal (b) rows (c) pair
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) whole (b) weight (c) grown
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) allowed (b) flu (c) wait
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) waist (b) sell (c) wait
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) plain (b) peace (c) pair
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) peace
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) pair (b) piece (c) meat
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) new (b) week (c) won
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) rows (b) one (c) tow
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) whole (b) steel (c) sale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) blue (b) sun (c) no
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) sea (c) missed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) their (b) bury (c) pear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) sell (b) tow (c) bare
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) no (b) blew (c) steel
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) waist (b) break (c) blew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) groan (b) hear (c) sea
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) one (c) weight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) deer (b) knot (c) know
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) whole
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) blew (c) groan
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) aloud (b) flew (c) pair
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) maid (b) meet (c) plane
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) weight (b) one (c) tail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) knot (c) piece

Answer key

  1. flower
  2. plain
  3. flew
  4. dear
  5. pear
  6. new
  7. see
  8. sail
  9. knight
  10. know
  11. steal
  12. waste
  13. buy
  14. missed
  15. weight
  16. rows
  17. grown
  18. flu
  19. wait
  20. peace
  21. waist
  22. piece
  23. won
  24. tow
  25. sale
  26. no
  27. tale
  28. bury
  29. bare
  30. steel
  31. break
  32. hear
  33. eight
  34. know
  35. whole
  36. sail
  37. flew
  38. plane
  39. tail
  40. break

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