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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 831 · 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 “sail”? (a) knot (b) sale (c) pair
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) one (b) night (c) mail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) sun (c) sail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) weight (b) pear (c) whole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) flour (b) break (c) by
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flour (b) pair (c) knew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) see (b) by (c) plain
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) weight (b) male (c) piece
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) their (c) meat
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) buy
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) no (b) son (c) tale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) blue (b) tale (c) brake
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) plane
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) weak (b) here (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) bare (b) knight (c) not
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sea (b) not (c) plane
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) blew (b) won (c) by
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) flower (b) deer (c) aloud
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) whole (b) rose (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) week (b) won (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) sun (c) mist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) deer (c) wait
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) son (b) blew (c) see
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) not (c) peace
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sell (b) knight (c) wait
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) tow
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) by
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) there (b) knew (c) steal
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) peace (b) night (c) tale
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) peace (b) rode (c) weight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) there (b) plane (c) dear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) night (b) peace (c) blew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) meet (b) pair (c) week
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) right (b) allowed (c) cell
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) heel (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) eight (b) flew (c) deer
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) flour (b) dear (c) steel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) break (b) flew (c) mail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) meat (b) no (c) passed

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. night
  3. flu
  4. whole
  5. break
  6. knew
  7. plain
  8. piece
  9. weak
  10. buy
  11. son
  12. tale
  13. sea
  14. here
  15. knight
  16. not
  17. by
  18. aloud
  19. rose
  20. deer
  21. heel
  22. right
  23. see
  24. sun
  25. made
  26. wait
  27. tow
  28. steal
  29. steal
  30. night
  31. weight
  32. dear
  33. peace
  34. pair
  35. allowed
  36. rode
  37. flew
  38. steel
  39. mail
  40. no

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