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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 420 · 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 “brake”? (a) son (b) break (c) sea
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) rode (b) plain (c) night
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) groan (b) buy (c) pear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) missed (b) not (c) male
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) mail (b) right (c) eight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) ate (c) aloud
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) flour (b) there (c) rows
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) missed (b) weight (c) aloud
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) mail (b) dear (c) hear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) one (b) sale (c) mail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) write (c) male
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) heal (c) sell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) toe (b) pear (c) blew
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) hole
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) won (b) week (c) new
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) tale (c) blew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) not (c) weak
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) aloud (b) sale (c) knight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) tow (b) groan (c) eight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) there
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) aloud (b) steel (c) hole
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sell (b) weight (c) tale
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) weight (c) bear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) piece (b) blew (c) write
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) mail (c) passed
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) bury (b) groan (c) not
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) waste (b) meat (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) flour
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) hole (b) missed (c) right
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) blew (b) not (c) berry
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) male (b) pair (c) week
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tow (b) blue (c) plane
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) sell (b) steel (c) see
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) ate (b) plain (c) hear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) plane (b) cell (c) weak
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) mist (b) sell (c) aloud
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) there (c) son
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) weak (b) sun (c) ate
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) hole (b) flu (c) no
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) by (b) sail (c) peace

Answer key

  1. break
  2. plain
  3. buy
  4. male
  5. eight
  6. here
  7. there
  8. aloud
  9. hear
  10. mail
  11. flu
  12. won
  13. pear
  14. meet
  15. new
  16. night
  17. peace
  18. sale
  19. groan
  20. there
  21. hole
  22. tale
  23. tow
  24. blew
  25. sea
  26. not
  27. son
  28. flour
  29. missed
  30. not
  31. pair
  32. blue
  33. see
  34. plain
  35. cell
  36. sell
  37. whole
  38. sun
  39. no
  40. sail

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