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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. right
  2. weak
  3. brake
  4. knew
  5. steel
  6. dear
  7. mist
  8. deer
  9. sale
  10. won
  11. peace
  12. blew
  13. missed
  14. week
  15. heel
  16. made
  17. toe
  18. weak
  19. flu
  20. not
  21. berry
  22. ate
  23. week
  24. flower
  25. tow
  26. meat
  27. buy
  28. blue
  29. eight
  30. mist
  31. peace
  32. meat
  33. buy
  34. sea
  35. knot
  36. steal
  37. know
  38. hear
  39. brake
  40. bear

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