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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 435 · 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) sail (b) wait (c) break
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) see (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) blue (c) flew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) there (b) bare (c) tail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) blew (b) mist (c) pear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) dear (b) bare (c) berry
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) break (b) berry (c) know
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) missed (b) flour (c) by
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) won (b) hear (c) write
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) tail (b) berry (c) dear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) missed (b) bear (c) sale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) know (b) waste (c) one
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) sale (b) bear (c) son
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) waist (b) their (c) sale
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) knot (b) flu (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) ate (b) weight (c) blue
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) knight (b) toe (c) meat
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) flower (c) bare
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) blue (b) deer (c) meet
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) toe (c) brake
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) eight (c) deer
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) here (b) eight (c) there
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) blew (b) sun (c) made
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) mist (b) by (c) allowed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) there (b) here (c) flew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) buy (b) cell (c) steal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) one (b) blue (c) steel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) flour (c) won
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) steel (b) dear (c) rose
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) wait (b) buy (c) piece
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) groan (b) sun (c) flower
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) see (c) not
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) break (c) rose
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) their (b) rows (c) road
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) groan
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) toe (c) bare
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) whole (b) ate (c) tale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) mist (b) cell (c) buy
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) brake (c) no
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) mist (c) maid

Answer key

  1. break
  2. maid
  3. waist
  4. tail
  5. pear
  6. berry
  7. know
  8. flour
  9. hear
  10. dear
  11. bear
  12. waste
  13. bear
  14. their
  15. flu
  16. blue
  17. meat
  18. there
  19. deer
  20. knew
  21. mist
  22. eight
  23. sun
  24. by
  25. flew
  26. cell
  27. steel
  28. see
  29. rose
  30. piece
  31. flower
  32. ate
  33. tail
  34. road
  35. groan
  36. wait
  37. ate
  38. buy
  39. hole
  40. pear

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