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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 424 · 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 “brake”? (a) hole (b) dear (c) break
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sail (b) flour (c) knot
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) wait (b) waist (c) piece
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) tail (b) male (c) deer
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) flu (b) see (c) steal
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) aloud (c) sail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) toe (c) hole
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) knight (b) mail (c) heal
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) deer (c) made
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) heal (b) knight (c) sail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sea (b) week (c) knew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) waist (b) here (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) no (b) week (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) eight (b) rows (c) week
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) flower (b) past (c) meat
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) tail (b) whole (c) toe
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sea (b) groan (c) buy
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) waste (b) mail (c) dear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) meet (b) buy (c) break
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) pear (c) won
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) their
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) plane (b) berry (c) blue
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) their (c) steel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) right (b) bury (c) won
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) heel (b) wait (c) buy
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) whole (b) blew (c) made
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) toe (b) knight (c) meat
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) rode (b) steal (c) cell
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) past (c) male
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) hole (c) blew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) rode (b) weak (c) waste
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) here (b) flower (c) son
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) weight (b) blue (c) rose
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) new (b) pear (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) tale (b) knew (c) bury
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) passed (b) dear (c) heal
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) steel (b) by (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) male (b) break (c) waist
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) maid (b) berry (c) missed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flew (b) knot (c) meet

Answer key

  1. break
  2. flour
  3. waist
  4. deer
  5. steal
  6. there
  7. there
  8. heal
  9. knight
  10. sail
  11. week
  12. not
  13. one
  14. week
  15. past
  16. whole
  17. buy
  18. mail
  19. buy
  20. knot
  21. hear
  22. berry
  23. mail
  24. won
  25. wait
  26. blew
  27. meat
  28. cell
  29. hole
  30. see
  31. weak
  32. flower
  33. blue
  34. pear
  35. knew
  36. dear
  37. berry
  38. break
  39. missed
  40. knot

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