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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 265 · 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 “road”? (a) past (b) blue (c) rode
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) wait (b) meet (c) break
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) past (c) mist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) mail (c) pair
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) knew (b) sun (c) bury
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) no (b) by (c) tale
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) plane (c) cell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) tow (b) heal (c) road
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) tale (c) heel
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) son (c) right
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) not (b) new (c) missed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) one (b) heel (c) flower
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) made
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) allowed (c) tail
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) sail (b) blue (c) cell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) toe (c) here
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) brake (c) hear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) knot (b) rose (c) write
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) write (c) meat
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) rose (c) waist
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) no (b) made (c) cell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) pair
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) flour (c) brake
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) pear (b) bury (c) write
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) whole (c) peace
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) pear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) flower (b) see (c) rows
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) grown (b) blew (c) buy
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) steal (b) sell (c) right
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) rode (b) waist (c) mist
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) dear (b) week (c) tow
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) meet (c) peace
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) hear (b) bear (c) meet
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) knot (b) flour (c) flu
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) bear (c) tail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) steel (c) sun
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) won (b) tow (c) weight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) waste (b) maid (c) son
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) weight (b) meet (c) tail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) aloud (b) tail (c) hear

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. break
  3. berry
  4. flower
  5. bury
  6. tale
  7. ate
  8. road
  9. break
  10. hear
  11. new
  12. heel
  13. wait
  14. weak
  15. cell
  16. missed
  17. rose
  18. write
  19. bare
  20. road
  21. cell
  22. sea
  23. no
  24. bury
  25. tow
  26. pear
  27. see
  28. blew
  29. sell
  30. waist
  31. tow
  32. son
  33. bear
  34. flour
  35. their
  36. won
  37. weight
  38. son
  39. tail
  40. hear

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