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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 888 · 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 “night”? (a) pear (b) waist (c) knight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) week (b) sea (c) tow
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) peace (c) past
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) week (b) eight (c) flower
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) cell (b) meat (c) past
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) groan (b) buy (c) write
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) knight (c) flour
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) piece (b) flower (c) wait
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) pear (b) toe (c) sun
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) know (b) toe (c) weight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) their (c) mail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) allowed (b) meat (c) blue
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tail (b) allowed (c) toe
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) maid (b) flu (c) plain
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) steal (b) maid (c) pear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) hear (b) pear (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) piece (b) hear (c) meet
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) blew (b) peace (c) won
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) cell (b) here (c) one
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) no (b) bear (c) knot
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) heel (c) plane
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) buy (b) there (c) flour
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) blew (c) hole
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) sale (b) rose (c) whole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) toe (c) sale
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) wait (b) sale (c) flu
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) by (b) pear (c) steel
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) one (b) maid (c) ate
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) knew (b) missed (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) no (b) one (c) right
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) piece
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) cell (b) blew (c) bury
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) peace (b) buy (c) night
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) aloud (c) sail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) plain (b) blue (c) no
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) bear (b) here (c) break
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) flu (b) mist (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) weak (b) road (c) plane
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) one (b) wait (c) see
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) break (c) buy

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. tow
  3. rows
  4. flower
  5. past
  6. write
  7. tale
  8. flower
  9. toe
  10. toe
  11. brake
  12. meat
  13. allowed
  14. plain
  15. maid
  16. meet
  17. meet
  18. peace
  19. one
  20. knot
  21. deer
  22. there
  23. flew
  24. whole
  25. knight
  26. flu
  27. pear
  28. ate
  29. missed
  30. right
  31. bear
  32. blew
  33. night
  34. grown
  35. no
  36. break
  37. mist
  38. plane
  39. see
  40. male

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