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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 705 · 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 “plane”? (a) knew (b) missed (c) plain
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) tale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) knight (c) one
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) blew (b) pair (c) male
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) right (b) weight (c) grown
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) son (b) their (c) blew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) waist (b) bare (c) rows
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) past (b) knot (c) whole
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) flew (c) one
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) plain (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) wait (c) plain
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) past (c) meat
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) made (c) blue
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) plane
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) cell (b) night (c) sun
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) male (c) here
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) hole (b) blue (c) ate
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) waist (b) rows (c) plane
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) pear (b) sail (c) not
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sea (b) meet (c) rose
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) heel (c) hear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) waist (b) one (c) steal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) maid (c) flower
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) there (b) made (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) by (b) see (c) ate
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) waist (c) past
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) tail (b) sell (c) bare
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) ate (b) tale (c) not
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) mail (c) whole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) sale (b) heel (c) right
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) eight (b) hole (c) hear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) no (b) sea (c) hear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) road (b) their (c) eight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) aloud (b) dear (c) sea
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) buy (c) deer
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) piece (b) by (c) here
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) not (b) son (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sell (b) male (c) rode
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) pair (b) knew (c) whole
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) past (b) hole (c) plane

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. weak
  3. flew
  4. pair
  5. grown
  6. their
  7. rows
  8. whole
  9. knight
  10. blew
  11. night
  12. steel
  13. tow
  14. blue
  15. sun
  16. sale
  17. ate
  18. plane
  19. sail
  20. meet
  21. see
  22. steal
  23. peace
  24. waist
  25. see
  26. tow
  27. sell
  28. tale
  29. write
  30. right
  31. hole
  32. sea
  33. eight
  34. dear
  35. aloud
  36. by
  37. son
  38. male
  39. whole
  40. hole

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