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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 535 · 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 “heel”? (a) heal (b) rose (c) eight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) hole (b) peace (c) break
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) new (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) not (b) ate (c) flower
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) knew (b) heal (c) whole
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flour (b) sail (c) knew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) their (b) no (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) heal (b) hole (c) see
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) deer (b) grown (c) made
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) allowed (b) new (c) flew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) one (c) knot
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) peace (c) there
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rode (b) know (c) maid
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) right (c) flower
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) dear (b) steal (c) tow
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) one (b) mist (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) right (b) flew (c) wait
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) night (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) tow (c) week
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) rode (b) knot (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) weak (b) wait (c) waste
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) write (b) flower (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) male (c) tale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) there (b) allowed (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) missed (b) sale (c) bury
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) aloud (b) meet (c) by
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) steel (b) deer (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) road (b) hear (c) meat
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) sea (b) bury (c) pair
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) their (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) write (b) eight (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) right (b) knot (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) steal (b) weak (c) sea
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) missed (b) blue (c) tail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) meet (b) flour (c) pear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sun (b) one (c) meat
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) piece (b) weight (c) bare
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) heel (b) there (c) week
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) eight (b) flu (c) here

Answer key

  1. heal
  2. peace
  3. break
  4. ate
  5. whole
  6. knew
  7. no
  8. hole
  9. aloud
  10. made
  11. new
  12. dear
  13. eight
  14. maid
  15. knot
  16. steal
  17. brake
  18. flew
  19. mist
  20. mail
  21. whole
  22. waste
  23. flower
  24. week
  25. write
  26. sale
  27. by
  28. hear
  29. meat
  30. bury
  31. hole
  32. eight
  33. won
  34. weak
  35. blue
  36. flour
  37. meat
  38. bare
  39. there
  40. here

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