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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 129 · 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 “week”? (a) pair (b) son (c) weak
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) tale (b) steel (c) night
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) right (c) bare
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) here (c) deer
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) buy (c) flower
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) flour (b) steal (c) bury
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) flu (b) passed (c) pair
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) brake (b) weight (c) made
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) sell (b) knot (c) bear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) whole (b) new (c) pear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) rose (c) groan
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) weight (c) berry
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) past (b) know (c) flower
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) peace (c) tail
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) knot (c) sea
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) maid (c) brake
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) mail (c) eight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) pair (c) sun
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) one (b) flower (c) mist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) right (b) bear (c) their
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) there
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) flew (c) flour
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) no (b) knight (c) by
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) flour (c) heel
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) deer (b) meat (c) past
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) tale (b) meat (c) know
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) rode (b) brake (c) not
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) berry (c) whole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) no (b) whole (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) heal (b) bear (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) toe (b) flu (c) plane
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) cell (c) no
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) sale
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blew (b) cell (c) pair
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) steel (b) rows (c) here
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) whole (b) bear (c) knight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) wait (b) passed (c) rows
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) peace (c) buy
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) meat (b) steel (c) know
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) pear (b) knight (c) plain

Answer key

  1. weak
  2. night
  3. mail
  4. not
  5. sale
  6. steal
  7. pair
  8. weight
  9. knot
  10. new
  11. waste
  12. brake
  13. flower
  14. allowed
  15. break
  16. whole
  17. flour
  18. sell
  19. mist
  20. their
  21. there
  22. sell
  23. by
  24. cell
  25. meat
  26. meat
  27. not
  28. passed
  29. whole
  30. hole
  31. flu
  32. one
  33. sale
  34. cell
  35. here
  36. knight
  37. rows
  38. bear
  39. know
  40. knight

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