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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 738 · 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) mail (b) flower (c) tale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) past (b) missed (c) plane
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) plain (b) not (c) tail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) right (c) brake
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) knight (b) peace (c) meat
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) pear (b) won (c) there
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) blue (b) whole (c) flew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) son (c) right
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) blue (c) heal
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) ate (c) flu
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) meat (c) brake
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) aloud (b) pear (c) sea
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) son (b) week (c) cell
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) passed (b) there (c) ate
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flower (b) male (c) eight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) tale (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) deer (c) knight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) waste (c) made
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) blue (c) whole
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) flu (b) rode (c) buy
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) by (b) waste (c) steel
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) night (c) maid
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) night (b) peace (c) plain
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) whole (c) waste
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sea (b) their (c) wait
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) steal (b) plain (c) cell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) here (b) past (c) heal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) mist (c) waist
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) tail (b) son (c) blue
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) won (b) sun (c) knight
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) one (b) knot (c) their
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) grown (c) pear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flour (b) new (c) write
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) past (b) meet (c) aloud
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) meat
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) berry (b) new (c) aloud
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) night
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) rose (c) berry
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) wait (b) tail (c) sail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) week (b) there (c) rose

Answer key

  1. flower
  2. plane
  3. not
  4. dear
  5. peace
  6. there
  7. whole
  8. weak
  9. passed
  10. allowed
  11. rode
  12. sea
  13. cell
  14. ate
  15. male
  16. no
  17. by
  18. pair
  19. right
  20. buy
  21. steel
  22. deer
  23. peace
  24. weight
  25. wait
  26. cell
  27. heal
  28. know
  29. son
  30. knight
  31. their
  32. hole
  33. write
  34. aloud
  35. maid
  36. new
  37. heal
  38. plain
  39. sail
  40. rose

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