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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 106 · 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 “bare”? (a) hear (b) bear (c) aloud
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) waist (b) week (c) brake
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) right (b) by (c) break
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) flower (b) night (c) knot
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) passed (c) whole
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sail (b) made (c) one
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) piece (b) right (c) new
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) flour (c) sale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) brake (b) hear (c) sell
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) no (c) won
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) heal (c) week
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) blue (b) ate (c) waist
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flew (b) sell (c) missed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) toe (b) rode (c) knight
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) aloud (b) steel (c) meet
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) bury
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) bare (b) steel (c) son
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) brake (b) right (c) night
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) maid (c) flour
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) right
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) hole (b) tow (c) see
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sun (b) tow (c) flour
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) weak (c) flour
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) deer (c) aloud
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) past (c) sail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) knew (b) week (c) dear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) blue (b) write (c) flower
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) road (c) knight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) right (b) toe (c) plain
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) aloud (b) whole (c) mist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) flew (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) berry (b) wait (c) grown
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) pair (c) meat
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) passed (c) tow
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) piece (b) see (c) flew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) pear (b) plane (c) waste
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) sale (b) rows (c) hear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) week (b) buy (c) wait
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) know (c) sell
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) mist (c) bury

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. brake
  3. break
  4. knot
  5. blew
  6. made
  7. new
  8. knot
  9. sell
  10. see
  11. waste
  12. waist
  13. sell
  14. rode
  15. meet
  16. flower
  17. son
  18. right
  19. mist
  20. right
  21. tow
  22. flour
  23. sea
  24. bury
  25. bury
  26. week
  27. write
  28. deer
  29. plain
  30. whole
  31. break
  32. wait
  33. knew
  34. rows
  35. flew
  36. plane
  37. rows
  38. wait
  39. write
  40. blew

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