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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 434 · 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 “break”? (a) brake (b) flour (c) pear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) tow (b) not (c) hear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) night (b) piece (c) flu
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) aloud (b) maid (c) meat
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) weight (b) dear (c) no
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) night (b) buy (c) bare
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) bear (c) mail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) steel (b) knot (c) deer
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) piece (b) groan (c) flower
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) flower (c) weight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) pear (b) not (c) waste
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) berry (b) bear (c) no
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) meat (b) break (c) pear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) break (b) peace (c) buy
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) plain
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) night
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) berry (b) blue (c) tale
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) toe (b) missed (c) weak
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) knight (c) right
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) piece (b) sale (c) bare
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) pear (c) maid
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rows (b) there (c) break
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) weak (c) peace
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) flew (b) wait (c) toe
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) grown (b) piece (c) heal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) brake (b) blew (c) road
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) dear (c) rose
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) rose (b) plain (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) sea
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) male (b) hear (c) right
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sell (b) knot (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) knot (b) past (c) see
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) there (b) heal (c) past
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) berry (b) plain (c) buy
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) there (c) peace
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) plane (b) steal (c) wait
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) buy (c) missed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) waste (b) by (c) deer
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) no (b) road (c) allowed

Answer key

  1. brake
  2. not
  3. flu
  4. meat
  5. no
  6. bare
  7. peace
  8. knot
  9. flower
  10. past
  11. waste
  12. bear
  13. by
  14. break
  15. peace
  16. eight
  17. night
  18. tale
  19. weak
  20. flower
  21. sale
  22. weight
  23. break
  24. here
  25. toe
  26. heal
  27. road
  28. there
  29. plain
  30. berry
  31. hear
  32. there
  33. see
  34. past
  35. buy
  36. sale
  37. wait
  38. son
  39. by
  40. allowed

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