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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 105 · 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 “break”? (a) knot (b) brake (c) sun
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) flu (b) sale (c) bury
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) hole (c) brake
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) weight (b) waist (c) steel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) write
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) road (c) mist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) hear (b) peace (c) tail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) peace (c) son
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) mail (c) toe
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mail (b) rode (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) knight (b) groan (c) tow
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) piece (c) knot
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) new (c) by
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) bear (b) pair (c) one
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) plain (b) steel (c) weight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) heel (b) knight (c) eight
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) passed (b) steal (c) pear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) road (b) week (c) flew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) weak (b) bury (c) sea
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) made (b) past (c) whole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) new (b) piece (c) toe
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) road (b) knew (c) hear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) meet (b) dear (c) bury
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) piece (b) brake (c) rode
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) blew (b) past (c) son
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) meat (b) missed (c) blew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) here (c) wait
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) write (b) night (c) sun
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) deer (b) flu (c) flour
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) blue (b) passed (c) maid
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) tale (b) waste (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) dear (b) write (c) flour
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) rode (b) berry (c) their
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) their (b) sun (c) ate
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) whole (c) peace
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) meat (b) aloud (c) ate
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) right (c) mail
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) steal (b) hole (c) knight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) there (b) knot (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) knew (b) plane (c) missed

Answer key

  1. brake
  2. sale
  3. rode
  4. steel
  5. pair
  6. aloud
  7. tail
  8. weak
  9. steel
  10. mist
  11. groan
  12. bear
  13. maid
  14. one
  15. weight
  16. eight
  17. pear
  18. week
  19. bury
  20. whole
  21. piece
  22. knew
  23. bury
  24. rode
  25. son
  26. blew
  27. bare
  28. night
  29. flu
  30. maid
  31. night
  32. write
  33. their
  34. ate
  35. sea
  36. ate
  37. toe
  38. knight
  39. knot
  40. plane

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