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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 755 · 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 “no”? (a) rose (b) know (c) piece
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) knot (b) waist (c) break
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) night (c) weak
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) one (b) tail (c) not
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) aloud (b) knew (c) male
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) mail (b) heel (c) tail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) heel (c) maid
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) cell (b) grown (c) plain
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) made (b) flew (c) groan
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) missed (b) their (c) no
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) new (b) heel (c) tail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) rows (c) missed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) dear (b) tale (c) right
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) hear (c) break
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) berry (b) mail (c) waste
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) not (c) tale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) blew (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) passed (b) break (c) right
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) aloud (b) tail (c) pair
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) knot (c) meet
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sea (b) peace (c) tow
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) sea (c) one
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) dear (b) here (c) break
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) won (b) meet (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) blew (b) flower (c) peace
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) blue (b) heal (c) their
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) plane (b) sun (c) sail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flower (b) road (c) eight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) heal (b) flour (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) weight (c) knew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) rows (b) rode (c) new
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) rode (b) male (c) toe
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) mail (b) toe (c) blew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) plain (b) son (c) knight
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) meat (b) rose (c) whole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) plain (b) tale (c) waste
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) groan (b) steel (c) hole
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) there (b) flew (c) mist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) flower (b) won (c) rode
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) ate (b) deer (c) piece

Answer key

  1. know
  2. waist
  3. rows
  4. not
  5. knew
  6. tail
  7. blew
  8. plain
  9. flew
  10. no
  11. heel
  12. flu
  13. right
  14. son
  15. waste
  16. bare
  17. new
  18. break
  19. pair
  20. rows
  21. tow
  22. here
  23. here
  24. buy
  25. flower
  26. heal
  27. sun
  28. eight
  29. flour
  30. knot
  31. new
  32. toe
  33. blew
  34. son
  35. rose
  36. tale
  37. hole
  38. flew
  39. won
  40. piece

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