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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 508 · 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 “meat”? (a) no (b) buy (c) meet
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) made (b) their (c) hear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) road (b) waste (c) flower
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) eight (b) know (c) break
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) break (b) knot (c) groan
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) past (c) plane
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) by (b) passed (c) hear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) tale (b) flu (c) peace
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) rode (b) past (c) new
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) bury (b) no (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) waist (c) see
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) knot (b) night (c) heel
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) made
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) meet (b) sell (c) passed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) meet (b) tail (c) missed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) rode (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) their (b) flour (c) hole
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) son (b) flower (c) night
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) ate (b) mail (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) waist (c) flew
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) toe (b) weak (c) plane
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) there
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) mail (c) past
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) pair (b) sell (c) piece
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) cell (b) wait (c) buy
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) week (b) cell (c) made
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) see (b) no (c) steel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) heal (c) ate
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) brake (b) road (c) missed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) bare (c) toe
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) sale (c) road
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) weak (b) rows (c) son
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) not (b) pair (c) hear
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) brake (b) son (c) see
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) meet (b) mail (c) knot
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) see (c) plane
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) new (b) sail (c) male
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) knight (b) blue (c) heel
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flour (b) right (c) eight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) there (b) by (c) brake

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. their
  3. waste
  4. break
  5. groan
  6. flew
  7. hear
  8. peace
  9. past
  10. no
  11. here
  12. night
  13. flower
  14. passed
  15. tail
  16. aloud
  17. flour
  18. flower
  19. mail
  20. plain
  21. plane
  22. plain
  23. weight
  24. sell
  25. buy
  26. made
  27. steel
  28. bare
  29. missed
  30. blue
  31. right
  32. son
  33. pair
  34. son
  35. mail
  36. grown
  37. sail
  38. heel
  39. eight
  40. brake

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