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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 264 · 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 “weak”? (a) mist (b) week (c) cell
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rose (b) sea (c) break
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) hear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) rose (b) flu (c) flower
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) pear (b) mist (c) groan
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) male (b) tail (c) cell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) weight (b) eight (c) one
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) grown (b) missed (c) allowed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flower (b) flew (c) see
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) male (b) sea (c) flower
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) mist (b) sale (c) dear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) bare (b) flour (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) their (b) week (c) won
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) mail (b) knight (c) tail
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) heal (b) know (c) weight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) hear (c) heal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) weak (c) waste
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) road (b) see (c) knot
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) hear (b) peace (c) knot
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) pair (b) toe (c) flower
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) pear (b) break (c) male
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) blue (b) plain (c) steal
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) flu
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) sea (b) rose (c) flew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) waste (b) grown (c) buy
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) aloud (b) blew (c) one
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) berry (c) sale
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) waste (b) there (c) sun
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) bare (b) pear (c) maid
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) plain (c) flour
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) one (b) meat (c) peace
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) past (c) berry
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) toe (b) sell (c) mail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) grown (c) see
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) weak (b) passed (c) hole
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) dear (c) mist
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) there (c) sun
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) bare (b) by (c) sun
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) waist (b) brake (c) maid

Answer key

  1. week
  2. break
  3. berry
  4. flu
  5. groan
  6. cell
  7. eight
  8. allowed
  9. flew
  10. flower
  11. sale
  12. flour
  13. won
  14. tail
  15. know
  16. weight
  17. heel
  18. knot
  19. peace
  20. flower
  21. male
  22. steal
  23. ate
  24. rose
  25. grown
  26. one
  27. cell
  28. there
  29. pear
  30. sell
  31. meat
  32. hole
  33. mail
  34. mail
  35. bare
  36. passed
  37. waste
  38. hear
  39. by
  40. maid

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