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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 429 · 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 “whole”? (a) plane (b) hole (c) tale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) one (b) flu (c) piece
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) one (c) weight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) rows (c) missed
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) rode (b) not (c) by
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) brake (b) missed (c) no
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) steal (b) new (c) plain
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) allowed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) by (c) sell
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) grown (b) meet (c) rode
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) bury (b) sell (c) son
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) sea (b) sail (c) rode
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) whole (b) groan (c) sea
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) knew (b) tail (c) brake
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) waist (b) mist (c) brake
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) groan (b) male (c) waist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) sale (b) meet (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) past (b) break (c) made
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) passed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) passed (c) blue
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) bare (c) mist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) pear (c) rode
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) missed (b) sale (c) here
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) brake (b) aloud (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) know (c) sail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) bury (c) by
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) right (b) weight (c) night
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) wait (b) flower (c) tale
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) one (b) peace (c) steel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) write (b) weak (c) male
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) road (b) won (c) tow
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) hole (b) knight (c) right
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) grown (b) pear (c) rose
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) one (b) male (c) sail
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flour (b) sea (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) their (b) one (c) meet
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) sale (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flu (b) bury (c) their
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) eight (c) knew
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) tow (b) write (c) flew

Answer key

  1. hole
  2. piece
  3. heal
  4. see
  5. by
  6. missed
  7. new
  8. weak
  9. hear
  10. meet
  11. son
  12. rode
  13. sea
  14. brake
  15. mist
  16. waist
  17. waist
  18. break
  19. passed
  20. rows
  21. pair
  22. plain
  23. sale
  24. sun
  25. by
  26. heal
  27. weight
  28. tale
  29. steel
  30. weak
  31. tow
  32. knight
  33. pear
  34. sail
  35. grown
  36. one
  37. plane
  38. bury
  39. mail
  40. flew

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