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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 131 · 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 “steel”? (a) flu (b) berry (c) steal
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) knew (c) bear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) passed (c) plane
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) wait (b) sail (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) berry (c) cell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rows (b) break (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) piece (b) hole (c) right
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) flew (b) missed (c) waist
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) sun (b) there (c) knot
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) aloud (c) knight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) there (c) right
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) tail (b) their (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) not (b) by (c) groan
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) hole (b) sale (c) sell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) sale (c) grown
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) bury (b) missed (c) flour
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) missed (c) no
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) plane (c) write
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) see (b) bear (c) sell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) plane (b) here (c) grown
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) bare (b) one (c) flew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) dear (b) night (c) plane
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) ate
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) missed (c) night
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) by
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) berry (b) knight (c) deer
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) past (c) see
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) heal (b) not (c) road
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) there (b) break (c) aloud
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) waist (c) write
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) knew (c) weak
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) new (b) allowed (c) son
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) passed (c) their
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) waist (b) tow (c) by
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) sea
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) hear (b) road (c) bare
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) aloud (c) rows
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) tow (c) right
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) made (c) new
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) knew (c) sail

Answer key

  1. steal
  2. brake
  3. one
  4. sail
  5. whole
  6. break
  7. hole
  8. missed
  9. there
  10. blew
  11. waist
  12. not
  13. by
  14. sale
  15. waste
  16. flour
  17. piece
  18. missed
  19. bear
  20. grown
  21. flew
  22. plane
  23. ate
  24. rows
  25. knew
  26. knight
  27. meet
  28. road
  29. break
  30. here
  31. plane
  32. son
  33. berry
  34. by
  35. hear
  36. bare
  37. write
  38. sell
  39. sail
  40. allowed

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