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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 283 · 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 “waist”? (a) waste (b) peace (c) one
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) grown (c) flower
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) meet (b) son (c) maid
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) plain (b) their (c) one
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) buy (b) knew (c) dear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) know (b) waste (c) deer
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) here (b) grown (c) flour
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) maid
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) male (b) waste (c) aloud
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) weak (b) write (c) sail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) new
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) dear (b) maid (c) knight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) week (b) heal (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) night (b) break (c) blue
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) rode (c) here
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) there (c) see
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) heal (b) night (c) steal
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) mail (b) meet (c) wait
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) male (c) heal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) flour (b) week (c) cell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) won (b) here (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) there (c) whole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) steal (b) knew (c) bare
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) maid (c) sale
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) there (c) sell
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) meet (b) one (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) by (b) no (c) meat
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) see (b) no (c) meet
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) knew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) waist (b) night (c) brake
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) week
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) there (b) heel (c) wait
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) here (b) their (c) weak
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) heal (b) waist (c) mail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) rode (b) their (c) bear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) rode (b) allowed (c) passed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) brake (b) blew (c) piece
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) cell (c) knot
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) bare (b) hear (c) tail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) know (b) mist (c) pair

Answer key

  1. waste
  2. break
  3. son
  4. their
  5. dear
  6. deer
  7. flour
  8. knot
  9. aloud
  10. write
  11. new
  12. knight
  13. one
  14. blue
  15. new
  16. pair
  17. steal
  18. meet
  19. peace
  20. cell
  21. berry
  22. write
  23. bare
  24. steel
  25. son
  26. one
  27. meat
  28. no
  29. knew
  30. night
  31. bury
  32. heel
  33. weak
  34. waist
  35. bear
  36. allowed
  37. piece
  38. weak
  39. hear
  40. mist

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