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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 354 · 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 “write”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) bear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) bare (c) weight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) son (b) brake (c) plane
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) cell (b) steel (c) flower
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) there (c) ate
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) steal (b) blew (c) knew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) blew (b) pair (c) heal
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) piece
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) plane (b) flew (c) flour
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) son (c) rows
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) steal (b) made (c) grown
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) mail
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sell (b) week (c) bare
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) cell (b) rode (c) write
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) no (c) berry
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) berry (b) whole (c) there
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) there (b) whole (c) piece
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) pair (c) sale
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) male (b) see (c) bear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) flu (b) break (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sell (b) allowed (c) piece
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) their (b) see (c) waist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) write (c) groan
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) right (c) not
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) write (b) steal (c) know
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) eight (c) waist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) waste (b) tail (c) plain
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) sale (b) made (c) steal
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) toe (b) buy (c) tale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) knot (b) cell (c) groan
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) hole (b) flu (c) rose
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) right (b) plane (c) break
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) by (b) past (c) cell
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) knot (c) see
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) wait (c) heel
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) one (b) knew (c) berry
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) pair (b) hear (c) heal
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) bury (b) son (c) hear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) eight (b) allowed (c) steel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) mist (b) heal (c) bear

Answer key

  1. right
  2. rode
  3. brake
  4. flower
  5. won
  6. blew
  7. pair
  8. piece
  9. flew
  10. mist
  11. grown
  12. pear
  13. bare
  14. rode
  15. steal
  16. there
  17. whole
  18. meat
  19. bear
  20. break
  21. piece
  22. waist
  23. tale
  24. break
  25. know
  26. dear
  27. tail
  28. made
  29. buy
  30. cell
  31. flu
  32. plane
  33. cell
  34. passed
  35. their
  36. berry
  37. hear
  38. son
  39. steel
  40. heal

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