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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 885 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) brake (b) here (c) write
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) meet (b) write (c) see
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) know (c) flew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) son (b) mail (c) waist
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) here (b) night (c) cell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) rode (b) brake (c) peace
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) hole (b) berry (c) flu
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flew (b) blew (c) no
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) groan (b) maid (c) not
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) knew (b) allowed (c) hole
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) right (c) night
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) passed (c) no
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) eight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) one
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) ate (b) rose (c) whole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) male (c) road
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) deer (b) meat (c) their
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) aloud (b) blue (c) waist
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) missed (c) rose
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) bare (b) steal (c) see
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) road (b) plain (c) blew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) grown (b) flew (c) mist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) meat (b) brake (c) road
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) hole (c) hear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hole (b) buy (c) rode
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) tale (b) knight (c) sea
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) sell (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) knot (c) berry
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) won (c) sun
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) wait (b) toe (c) blew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) steal (b) weak (c) flew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) waist (b) whole (c) flu
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) won (b) pear (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) missed (b) made (c) blue
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) grown (b) passed (c) no
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) right (c) sail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) their (b) here (c) flu
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) not (b) heal (c) know
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) toe (c) one
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) blew (c) their

Answer key

  1. write
  2. see
  3. one
  4. waist
  5. cell
  6. brake
  7. flu
  8. blew
  9. not
  10. allowed
  11. flower
  12. flour
  13. heel
  14. plane
  15. rose
  16. write
  17. their
  18. waist
  19. heal
  20. steal
  21. plain
  22. mist
  23. road
  24. mail
  25. rode
  26. sea
  27. ate
  28. know
  29. knight
  30. toe
  31. weak
  32. flu
  33. knight
  34. blue
  35. no
  36. aloud
  37. here
  38. know
  39. grown
  40. sail

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