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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 170 · 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 “pair”? (a) allowed (b) break (c) pear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) brake (b) meet (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) sun
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) wait (b) pear (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) eight (b) flu (c) see
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) blue (c) heel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) ate
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) heal (c) their
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) groan (b) know (c) brake
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) plain (b) won (c) mist
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) tale (c) ate
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) made (b) week (c) berry
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) deer (b) right (c) brake
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) meet (b) made (c) hear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) break (b) tale (c) ate
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) eight (b) bare (c) wait
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) hole (b) rode (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) cell (b) allowed (c) past
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) write (b) bury (c) wait
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) wait (b) flour (c) flu
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) mail (b) waste (c) bear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) buy (b) hear (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) bury (c) pair
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) waste (b) plain (c) rose
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) aloud (b) steal (c) write
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) toe (b) flour (c) write
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) made (b) steel (c) aloud
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) write (c) one
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) mail (b) whole (c) meet
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) write (c) ate
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) meet (c) hole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) mail (c) flour
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) sun (b) rose (c) weak
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) rows (b) cell (c) mail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) no (b) break (c) dear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) made (b) knew (c) waste
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) heal (c) mist
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) there (b) blue (c) knight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) steal (c) pear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) wait (c) there

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. meet
  3. buy
  4. know
  5. flu
  6. maid
  7. ate
  8. flu
  9. know
  10. won
  11. blew
  12. week
  13. brake
  14. made
  15. ate
  16. bare
  17. rode
  18. past
  19. bury
  20. flour
  21. waste
  22. hear
  23. knot
  24. rose
  25. write
  26. write
  27. aloud
  28. made
  29. whole
  30. hole
  31. right
  32. allowed
  33. rose
  34. cell
  35. break
  36. waste
  37. by
  38. knight
  39. groan
  40. new

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