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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 136 · 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 “knew”? (a) hole (b) new (c) by
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) plane (b) blue (c) break
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) rows (b) deer (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) grown (b) sail (c) tow
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) piece
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) deer (b) steel (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) berry (c) brake
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) steal (b) here (c) knot
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) flew (b) male (c) sell
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) missed (c) write
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) made (b) steal (c) groan
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) missed (b) waist (c) sale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) mist (c) flew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) knot (b) by (c) missed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sail (b) flew (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) male (b) plain (c) piece
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) weak (c) mail
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) tow (b) allowed (c) write
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) plain (b) weak (c) allowed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) passed (b) flu (c) not
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) missed (b) knew (c) no
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) no (b) flu (c) knew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) ate (b) their (c) cell
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) sail (b) knew (c) rode
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) steal (b) bear (c) flu
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) son (b) right (c) hear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) steal (b) break (c) their
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) sail (b) hear (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) allowed (b) write (c) pear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) sale (b) waist (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) flew (c) steel
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) tail (b) cell (c) whole
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) here (b) mail (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) cell (b) break (c) blew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) mail (b) flour (c) rows
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) one (b) missed (c) here
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) rows (b) know (c) weak
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) flower
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) no (b) made (c) hear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) flower

Answer key

  1. new
  2. break
  3. deer
  4. sail
  5. piece
  6. week
  7. won
  8. here
  9. male
  10. maid
  11. groan
  12. sale
  13. road
  14. missed
  15. flew
  16. plain
  17. ate
  18. write
  19. allowed
  20. not
  21. no
  22. knew
  23. cell
  24. rode
  25. bear
  26. hear
  27. their
  28. flower
  29. write
  30. waist
  31. past
  32. whole
  33. mail
  34. break
  35. rows
  36. missed
  37. know
  38. wait
  39. made
  40. meat

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