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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 848 · 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 “heal”? (a) heel (b) know (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) here (c) tail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) piece (b) knight (c) missed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) their (b) missed (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) eight (b) plane (c) right
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) won (b) knight (c) allowed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) flour (c) flu
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) buy (b) no (c) blew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) there (c) road
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flower (b) bear (c) aloud
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) knot (c) sale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) sea (c) sail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) ate (c) blew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) eight (c) dear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) pear (b) plain (c) rows
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) dear (b) missed (c) son
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) made (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) flu (c) one
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) steel (b) new (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) grown
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) knew (b) break (c) sea
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) here (b) knot (c) bear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flew (b) weight (c) berry
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) one (b) meet (c) whole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) hear (b) deer (c) sale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) meat (c) waste
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) rose (b) flu (c) weight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) toe (b) dear (c) mail
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) won (c) night
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) aloud (b) tow (c) male
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) meat (c) weak
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) knot (b) allowed (c) tow
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) plane (c) here
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) blew (b) meet (c) eight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) allowed (b) blew (c) waste
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) son (b) blue (c) knot
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flew (b) week (c) flour
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) knight (b) rose (c) flower
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) brake (c) heal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) sea (c) past

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. whole
  3. knight
  4. missed
  5. plane
  6. allowed
  7. one
  8. no
  9. sail
  10. bear
  11. tail
  12. pear
  13. buy
  14. there
  15. rows
  16. missed
  17. pear
  18. groan
  19. new
  20. hear
  21. sea
  22. bear
  23. berry
  24. whole
  25. sale
  26. flew
  27. flu
  28. mail
  29. rose
  30. male
  31. see
  32. tow
  33. by
  34. eight
  35. waste
  36. blue
  37. flour
  38. flower
  39. weak
  40. one

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