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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 127 · 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 “brake”? (a) peace (b) meet (c) break
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) here (b) flew (c) bury
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) grown (c) here
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) past (b) heel (c) know
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) tow (b) maid (c) peace
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) knot
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) hear (b) sail (c) pair
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) pear (b) here (c) blew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) toe (c) night
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) tow (b) peace (c) by
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) waste (b) by (c) steal
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) peace (b) waste (c) sun
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) sea (b) here (c) there
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) past (b) week (c) pear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) write (b) flower (c) meat
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) knot (b) bury (c) past
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flu (b) tale (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) son (b) flu (c) aloud
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) flour (b) male (c) sail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) rows (c) sea
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) weak (c) whole
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) meet (b) hear (c) flu
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) piece (b) passed (c) whole
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) heal (b) plain (c) steal
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) see (c) write
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) hole (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) sail (b) sell (c) eight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) past (c) here
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) maid (b) road (c) bury
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) heal (b) meet (c) whole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) meat (b) berry (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) weak (b) passed (c) mist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) buy (c) hole
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) flew (b) son (c) mail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) piece (b) bare (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sale (b) right (c) groan
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) knew (c) write
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) aloud (b) plain (c) berry
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) blue (c) flew
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) sail (b) tail (c) not

Answer key

  1. break
  2. flew
  3. plane
  4. heel
  5. maid
  6. rose
  7. pair
  8. here
  9. tale
  10. peace
  11. steal
  12. sun
  13. there
  14. week
  15. meat
  16. past
  17. mail
  18. flu
  19. sail
  20. knight
  21. see
  22. flu
  23. passed
  24. plain
  25. blew
  26. buy
  27. eight
  28. made
  29. bury
  30. meet
  31. night
  32. mist
  33. blue
  34. son
  35. ate
  36. groan
  37. whole
  38. berry
  39. there
  40. tail

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