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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 546 · 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 “knight”? (a) brake (b) night (c) peace
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) one (b) dear (c) bear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) bury (b) knot (c) made
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) heel (b) there (c) piece
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) mist (c) son
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) blue (c) rows
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) wait (c) aloud
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) see (b) mist (c) know
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) tail (b) past (c) sea
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) steel (c) eight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) road (b) sea (c) no
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) plane (b) break (c) flew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) road (b) week (c) meat
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) know (b) ate (c) mist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) toe (b) waste (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) mail (b) blue (c) toe
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) here (b) meet (c) heel
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) won (b) rows (c) allowed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) allowed (b) one (c) berry
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) there (b) peace (c) male
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) weight (b) see (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) right (c) sail
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) hole (b) break (c) see
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) past (c) maid
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) tow (c) bare
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) sell (c) allowed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) week (b) sell (c) know
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) peace (b) deer (c) one
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) son (c) sell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) rose (c) weak
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) flower (b) cell (c) tail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) knew (c) flour
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) tail (c) whole
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) by (c) deer
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) knight (c) week
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) night (c) break
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) knight (c) knot
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) knew (b) pair (c) heel
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) blew (b) waste (c) peace
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) flower (c) road

Answer key

  1. night
  2. bear
  3. knot
  4. piece
  5. blue
  6. dear
  7. meet
  8. know
  9. past
  10. their
  11. sea
  12. break
  13. week
  14. ate
  15. waste
  16. blue
  17. heel
  18. allowed
  19. one
  20. male
  21. see
  22. mist
  23. break
  24. hear
  25. here
  26. son
  27. know
  28. deer
  29. mist
  30. pair
  31. tail
  32. by
  33. sale
  34. flour
  35. meat
  36. mail
  37. peace
  38. pair
  39. waste
  40. there

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