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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 642 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) heel (b) weak (c) piece
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) knew (b) made (c) brake
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) steel (c) meat
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) tow (c) allowed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) cell (b) weight (c) pear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) sale (c) there
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) waste (b) allowed (c) rose
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flower (b) their (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) weight (b) blew (c) know
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) no (b) new (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) brake (b) sea (c) buy
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) son (b) bare (c) flower
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) mail (b) break (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) toe (b) tail (c) son
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) sail (c) ate
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) tale (b) knight (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) knight (b) meet (c) won
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) weak (b) sun (c) grown
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sell (b) berry (c) passed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) tail (c) aloud
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sell (b) brake (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) sail (b) bare (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) weak (b) whole (c) buy
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) write (b) groan (c) blue
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) pair (b) rode (c) see
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) waste (b) knight (c) by
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) their (b) steal (c) brake
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) flew (b) see (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) plane (b) grown (c) road
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) deer (b) write (c) male
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sale (b) tale (c) see
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) bury (c) deer
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) see (b) sale (c) tow
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) blue (b) knight (c) by
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) brake (b) night (c) past
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) deer (b) there (c) allowed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) won (b) piece (c) knot
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) no (b) toe (c) rows
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) night (b) bare (c) here
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) tail (c) sea

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. brake
  3. hole
  4. write
  5. pear
  6. flew
  7. rose
  8. eight
  9. blew
  10. new
  11. buy
  12. flower
  13. meet
  14. tail
  15. mist
  16. meat
  17. won
  18. grown
  19. berry
  20. hole
  21. brake
  22. bare
  23. whole
  24. groan
  25. see
  26. knight
  27. steal
  28. blue
  29. road
  30. male
  31. tale
  32. toe
  33. tow
  34. by
  35. night
  36. allowed
  37. piece
  38. toe
  39. bare
  40. passed

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