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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 519 · 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 “maid”? (a) heal (b) made (c) sea
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) son (b) peace (c) brake
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) bare (b) buy (c) dear
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) hole (b) flu (c) pair
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) passed (b) bare (c) peace
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) hear (b) flower (c) buy
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) bear (b) pair (c) tow
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rode (b) rows (c) hear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) pair (c) rose
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) past (b) groan (c) meet
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) rose (b) toe (c) no
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) know (c) hole
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) son (b) eight (c) bury
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) tale (b) by (c) bare
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) mist (b) weak (c) rode
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) blew (b) plain (c) groan
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) bear (b) tail (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waist (b) past (c) their
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sell (b) mail (c) hear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) rode (b) sell (c) past
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) won (b) hear (c) heal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) there (b) brake (c) missed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) there (b) knew (c) plain
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) not (c) write
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) aloud (b) by (c) steal
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) hear (c) knot
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) not (c) knew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) son (c) piece
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) flew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) knight (b) plane (c) right
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) made (b) flour (c) won
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) won (b) sale (c) see
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) allowed (b) ate (c) here
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) meat (b) steel (c) knot
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) grown (b) not (c) flu
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) here (b) heel (c) toe
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) eight (b) bare (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) steal (b) peace (c) new
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) steal (b) one (c) sea
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) pair (b) knew (c) weight

Answer key

  1. made
  2. brake
  3. buy
  4. flu
  5. peace
  6. buy
  7. tow
  8. rows
  9. male
  10. meet
  11. toe
  12. allowed
  13. bury
  14. bare
  15. weak
  16. plain
  17. tail
  18. their
  19. hear
  20. sell
  21. hear
  22. missed
  23. plain
  24. sail
  25. by
  26. sale
  27. son
  28. road
  29. flew
  30. right
  31. won
  32. see
  33. here
  34. knot
  35. flu
  36. toe
  37. berry
  38. new
  39. sea
  40. weight

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