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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 410 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) meat (c) berry
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) night (b) sea (c) flu
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) aloud (b) deer (c) flour
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) know (b) grown (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) tow (b) eight (c) knot
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) eight (c) heal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) brake (c) new
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) berry (b) knot (c) brake
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) groan (c) weight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) blue (b) heal (c) knew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) sun (c) break
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) missed (c) tow
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) weak (c) meat
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) heal (b) new (c) made
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) blew (b) deer (c) whole
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) aloud (b) plane (c) heel
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) flower (c) missed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) male (b) hole (c) eight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) by
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) knew (b) right (c) buy
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) flew (b) no (c) brake
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) new (b) son (c) bare
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) here (c) allowed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) write (c) blew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) blew (b) their (c) pear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) pair (c) flu
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) deer (b) not (c) tale
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) peace (b) made (c) road
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) flu (c) hole
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) passed (b) bear (c) flour
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) pair
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) bare (b) know (c) pear
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) allowed (b) week (c) waste
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) brake (c) won
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) whole (b) blue (c) mist
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) know (c) aloud
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) weight (b) meet (c) mail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) sail (b) steel (c) waist
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) ate (b) not (c) bare
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) bury (b) plain (c) brake

Answer key

  1. mist
  2. sea
  3. flour
  4. knew
  5. knot
  6. see
  7. missed
  8. brake
  9. piece
  10. heal
  11. meat
  12. road
  13. sail
  14. new
  15. deer
  16. heel
  17. mail
  18. hole
  19. by
  20. buy
  21. brake
  22. son
  23. flower
  24. tale
  25. pear
  26. week
  27. not
  28. made
  29. grown
  30. bear
  31. meat
  32. know
  33. week
  34. peace
  35. mist
  36. groan
  37. meet
  38. waist
  39. not
  40. plain

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