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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 237 · 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 “berry”? (a) waist (b) bury (c) groan
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) flower (b) brake (c) knew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) night (b) berry (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) knew (c) weight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) sail (c) flew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) eight (c) mist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) steel (b) rows (c) passed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) heal (b) there (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) weight (b) brake (c) mail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) son (b) right (c) buy
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) no (b) bare (c) right
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) no (b) brake (c) plain
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) son (b) here (c) male
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) dear (c) here
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) toe (b) mist (c) past
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) new (b) weight (c) tale
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) write (c) hear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) made (b) week (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) flew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) plain (b) by (c) hole
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) knight (b) grown (c) see
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) rose
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sale (c) berry
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) weak (c) road
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) tow (c) past
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) week (b) maid (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) no
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) steel (b) bury (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) meat (c) not
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) allowed (b) sell (c) groan
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) hear (b) pair (c) meat
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) week (b) road (c) sail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) write (c) mail
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) meet (b) tale (c) allowed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) heal (b) maid (c) sea
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) rode (c) meet
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) rode (c) waist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) missed (b) no (c) write
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) won (c) week
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) buy (b) missed (c) whole

Answer key

  1. bury
  2. brake
  3. buy
  4. write
  5. ate
  6. week
  7. rows
  8. eight
  9. brake
  10. buy
  11. right
  12. plain
  13. here
  14. know
  15. past
  16. tale
  17. bare
  18. there
  19. flew
  20. by
  21. grown
  22. rose
  23. weak
  24. sea
  25. aloud
  26. flour
  27. piece
  28. flew
  29. know
  30. groan
  31. meat
  32. road
  33. heal
  34. allowed
  35. maid
  36. bear
  37. ate
  38. no
  39. past
  40. whole

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