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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 916 · 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 “flu”? (a) flew (b) bare (c) right
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) no (b) waist (c) knot
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) plane (b) new (c) groan
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) sea (b) right (c) sale
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sail (b) know (c) knew
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rose (b) maid (c) by
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) steel (c) week
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) by (b) peace (c) pear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) by (b) rows (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) blue (b) plain (c) see
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) knew (b) flew (c) plane
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) toe (b) knight (c) blue
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) peace (b) heel (c) tale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) waste (b) flew (c) tail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) steel (c) hear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) brake (c) bury
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) mail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) sale (c) bare
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) night
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) berry (b) aloud (c) weight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blue (b) toe (c) cell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) rode (b) week (c) whole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) sale (c) flew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) know (b) past (c) bear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) buy (c) hole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) not (b) eight (c) waist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sell (b) bear (c) grown
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) hear (b) one (c) mail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) pear (c) rows
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sea (b) one (c) tale
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) by (c) male
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) night (c) won
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) right (c) bury
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) mail (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) there (c) one
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) here (b) piece (c) rows
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) maid (b) sale (c) sun
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) here (b) rode (c) flour
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) brake (c) bury
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) eight (b) mist (c) see

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. knot
  3. groan
  4. right
  5. know
  6. maid
  7. new
  8. peace
  9. passed
  10. plain
  11. flew
  12. knight
  13. heel
  14. tail
  15. meat
  16. groan
  17. hole
  18. weight
  19. night
  20. aloud
  21. cell
  22. whole
  23. mist
  24. bear
  25. pair
  26. eight
  27. grown
  28. mail
  29. cell
  30. tale
  31. weak
  32. bury
  33. plane
  34. sale
  35. rode
  36. piece
  37. sun
  38. flour
  39. rows
  40. mist

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