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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 641 · 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 “brake”? (a) weight (b) made (c) break
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) berry (b) flour (c) ate
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) buy (b) cell (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) male (b) write (c) by
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) aloud (b) groan (c) heal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) pear (b) aloud (c) ate
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) made (b) write (c) pair
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) sail (c) week
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) son
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) heal (c) missed
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) allowed (c) plain
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) toe (c) passed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) cell (b) tale (c) made
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) bury (c) by
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knot (b) flour (c) new
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) flour (b) bare (c) plane
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) brake (b) mail (c) sell
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) here (b) pear (c) tale
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) write (c) flu
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) not (b) pair (c) no
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) plane (b) pear (c) break
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) blew (b) buy (c) wait
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) waist (b) flew (c) blue
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) made (b) aloud (c) night
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) plane (c) maid
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) past (b) flew (c) knot
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) by (c) right
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) made (b) by (c) grown
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) break (b) heel (c) bury
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) mist (b) week (c) peace
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) bare (b) dear (c) tow
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) sell (b) bear (c) meat
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) meet (b) flower (c) bare
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) tale (c) ate
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) by (b) not (c) plane
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) break (c) road
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) rose (c) whole
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) buy (c) blew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) steel (b) knot (c) sail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) knight (b) there (c) right

Answer key

  1. break
  2. flour
  3. cell
  4. write
  5. heal
  6. ate
  7. pair
  8. rows
  9. pear
  10. rows
  11. passed
  12. piece
  13. tale
  14. here
  15. flour
  16. plane
  17. sell
  18. pear
  19. see
  20. no
  21. break
  22. buy
  23. blue
  24. night
  25. deer
  26. knot
  27. whole
  28. by
  29. bury
  30. peace
  31. tow
  32. bear
  33. bare
  34. hole
  35. not
  36. sale
  37. rode
  38. flew
  39. sail
  40. there

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