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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 601 · 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 “piece”? (a) night (b) peace (c) plain
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) knot (b) weak (c) no
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) tow
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) rose (b) piece (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) heel (b) pair (c) bear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) sea
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) hear (c) by
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sun (b) hole (c) hear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) flew (c) heel
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) one (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) cell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) aloud (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) their (b) bare (c) peace
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) buy (b) ate (c) piece
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) one (b) buy (c) aloud
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) by (b) rode (c) steal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flour (b) hole (c) meet
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) groan (b) mist (c) past
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) steal (b) blew (c) piece
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) see (b) knew (c) rode
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) won (b) heal (c) waist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) road (b) right (c) plane
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) aloud (b) their (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) right (c) blew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) right (c) their
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) wait (c) whole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) bear (b) meat (c) new
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) flu (c) rode
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) knight (b) see (c) won
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) rode (b) heel (c) grown
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) hole (b) write (c) flu
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tail (b) blue (c) road
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) blew (c) meat
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) son (b) flour (c) sail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) son (b) buy (c) road
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) hear (b) week (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) knot (c) passed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) weak (b) hole (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) knight (b) hole (c) dear

Answer key

  1. peace
  2. weak
  3. brake
  4. know
  5. pair
  6. meat
  7. past
  8. hear
  9. tale
  10. flour
  11. blew
  12. by
  13. bare
  14. ate
  15. buy
  16. steal
  17. blue
  18. meet
  19. mist
  20. blew
  21. knew
  22. waist
  23. right
  24. their
  25. eight
  26. week
  27. see
  28. new
  29. mail
  30. won
  31. grown
  32. flu
  33. blue
  34. maid
  35. sail
  36. road
  37. week
  38. write
  39. hole
  40. dear

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