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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 288 · 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 “break”? (a) won (b) brake (c) knot
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sun (b) tail (c) pear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rose (b) mail (c) rode
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) grown (c) berry
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) mist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) waist (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) plain (c) deer
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) maid (c) missed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) mail (b) steel (c) maid
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) night (c) won
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) dear (b) son (c) buy
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) knight (c) mail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) rose (b) steal (c) grown
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) steal (c) heel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) whole (c) heel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) their (b) dear (c) mist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) their (c) mail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) peace (c) sun
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) peace (c) sell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) passed (b) whole (c) waste
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) one (b) pair (c) sea
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) blew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) past (b) waste (c) flower
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) not (b) hole (c) won
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) sun (c) weight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) sea (b) past (c) won
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) meet (b) groan (c) night
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) deer (b) pear (c) see
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) aloud (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) aloud (c) mail
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) maid (b) buy (c) flu
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) wait (c) there
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) allowed (b) write (c) plane
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) pair (b) deer (c) mist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) there (b) write (c) meet
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) right (b) heel (c) made
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) eight (b) maid (c) groan
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) hear (b) made (c) pear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) buy (b) sell (c) week
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) new (b) know (c) there

Answer key

  1. brake
  2. pear
  3. rode
  4. ate
  5. meat
  6. wait
  7. blue
  8. blew
  9. steel
  10. wait
  11. son
  12. cell
  13. grown
  14. sail
  15. flour
  16. dear
  17. plane
  18. flew
  19. bury
  20. whole
  21. sea
  22. plain
  23. flower
  24. won
  25. their
  26. won
  27. groan
  28. see
  29. tail
  30. by
  31. buy
  32. passed
  33. write
  34. deer
  35. write
  36. heel
  37. maid
  38. pear
  39. sell
  40. there

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