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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 221 · 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 “weak”? (a) flew (b) week (c) tale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) plain (b) tow (c) not
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) bury (c) son
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bare (b) meat (c) male
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) plain (b) brake (c) by
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) bury (b) hole (c) steel
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) brake
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) deer (b) one (c) break
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) tale (b) night (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) write (b) no (c) grown
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) bare (c) waist
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) piece (b) rode (c) heel
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) break (c) tale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) bear (c) pair
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) wait (b) sell (c) flew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) maid (b) berry (c) right
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) ate (b) cell (c) missed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) weight (c) knight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) eight (c) made
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) here (c) buy
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) pear (c) sell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) bear (b) peace (c) see
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) one (b) night (c) there
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) tow (b) blue (c) pear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) flu (c) eight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) dear (b) won (c) sale
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) waist (c) hole
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) ate (c) buy
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) tow (b) new (c) weak
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) grown (b) meet (c) pair
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) eight (b) knot (c) whole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) heel (c) tale
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) pear (c) rows
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flew (b) road (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) weak (b) blew (c) tale
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) heel (b) brake (c) sale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) mail (c) sell
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) rows (b) sale (c) groan
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) brake (b) mail (c) not
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) weight (c) past

Answer key

  1. week
  2. not
  3. knight
  4. meat
  5. brake
  6. steel
  7. hear
  8. break
  9. night
  10. no
  11. peace
  12. heel
  13. sun
  14. deer
  15. flew
  16. berry
  17. cell
  18. here
  19. tow
  20. dear
  21. knew
  22. peace
  23. there
  24. blue
  25. plain
  26. won
  27. steal
  28. son
  29. new
  30. meet
  31. knot
  32. by
  33. blew
  34. flower
  35. blew
  36. sale
  37. by
  38. groan
  39. mail
  40. weak

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