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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 541 · 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 “toe”? (a) knight (b) write (c) tow
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) rose (b) cell (c) brake
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) eight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) new (b) passed (c) ate
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) son (b) night (c) male
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) mail (c) blew
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knight (b) mist (c) ate
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) flower (c) sea
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) rows (c) sell
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) made (c) piece
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) maid (c) right
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) won (b) blew (c) knot
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) road (b) brake (c) see
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) rows (b) pear (c) one
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) heal (c) knight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) night (b) there (c) blue
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) mail (c) bear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) cell (b) see (c) bury
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) night (b) see (c) bear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) meet (b) not (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) wait (b) eight (c) piece
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rose (b) male (c) see
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) hole (b) by (c) here
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) plane (c) no
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) blew (b) no (c) missed
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) flew (c) heel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) road (b) peace (c) flour
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) rose (b) aloud (c) brake
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) their
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) whole (b) heal (c) flew
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) here (b) buy (c) knew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) waste (b) meat (c) rose
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) mist (b) see (c) pair
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) aloud (c) see
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) whole (c) see
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) rows (c) right
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) son (b) peace (c) write
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tale (b) grown (c) their
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) here (b) made (c) won
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) heal (b) ate (c) week

Answer key

  1. tow
  2. brake
  3. eight
  4. passed
  5. male
  6. waste
  7. ate
  8. won
  9. sale
  10. flower
  11. toe
  12. blew
  13. see
  14. pear
  15. sail
  16. there
  17. groan
  18. bury
  19. bear
  20. not
  21. piece
  22. see
  23. here
  24. not
  25. no
  26. wait
  27. flour
  28. aloud
  29. maid
  30. heal
  31. buy
  32. meat
  33. pair
  34. flew
  35. tale
  36. break
  37. peace
  38. their
  39. won
  40. week

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