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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 921 · 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 “tail”? (a) tale (b) flew (c) hear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) won (b) knot (c) brake
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) new (b) night (c) rode
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) missed (b) plane (c) made
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) by (c) cell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) flower (b) ate (c) new
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) road (b) aloud (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) weak (b) whole (c) flu
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) toe (c) blue
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) by (b) bear (c) brake
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) steel (b) pair (c) know
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) pair (b) plane (c) won
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) write
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) blew (b) heal (c) passed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) steel (b) meat (c) week
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) heel (c) right
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hole (b) missed (c) rode
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) no (b) allowed (c) pear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) weight (b) piece (c) sea
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) plane (b) week (c) there
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) peace (b) pair (c) mist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) right (b) made (c) one
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) week (b) here (c) meat
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) road (b) week (c) meet
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) plane
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) bare (b) knot (c) knight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) missed (b) sale (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) blue (c) son
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sun (c) steel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) right (b) dear (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) steal (b) deer (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) there (c) mail
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) piece (c) knot
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) made (b) blew (c) pair
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) dear (b) right (c) pair
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) dear (b) buy (c) flower
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flour (b) piece (c) see
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) blue (b) waist (c) meet
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) knew (b) tale (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) mail (b) one (c) flower

Answer key

  1. tale
  2. brake
  3. night
  4. made
  5. night
  6. ate
  7. sea
  8. flu
  9. one
  10. brake
  11. pair
  12. plane
  13. write
  14. heal
  15. week
  16. sale
  17. rode
  18. pear
  19. piece
  20. there
  21. mist
  22. made
  23. here
  24. week
  25. blue
  26. knight
  27. sale
  28. their
  29. weak
  30. hear
  31. allowed
  32. meat
  33. won
  34. blew
  35. right
  36. buy
  37. see
  38. waist
  39. past
  40. flower

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