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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 665 · 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 “write”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) right
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) pair (c) right
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) tail (b) waste (c) wait
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) their (b) by (c) sail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) maid (b) ate (c) son
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) mail (c) there
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) here (b) knight (c) their
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) there (b) break (c) heel
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) eight (b) steel (c) weight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) rode (b) no (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sea (b) grown (c) piece
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) deer (b) waist (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) dear (b) brake (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) passed (b) not (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) passed (b) pear (c) aloud
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) see (c) flower
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) past (b) meet (c) deer
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) rode (b) plain (c) there
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) eight (b) road (c) here
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) here (c) bury
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) mist (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) flour (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) berry
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) blew (b) flew (c) eight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) rode (c) by
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) maid (b) brake (c) tail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) one (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) flour (c) sell
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) here (b) knew (c) peace
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) maid (b) flew (c) bury
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) wait (b) sale (c) tale
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) one (c) tale
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) write (c) there
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) sun (c) plain
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) break (b) know (c) deer
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) waste (b) night (c) maid
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) knew (b) sell (c) hear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) dear (c) road
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flower (b) by (c) maid
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) ate (c) night

Answer key

  1. right
  2. break
  3. waste
  4. by
  5. son
  6. groan
  7. their
  8. break
  9. weight
  10. no
  11. grown
  12. not
  13. here
  14. sun
  15. aloud
  16. their
  17. meet
  18. plain
  19. here
  20. won
  21. there
  22. night
  23. flu
  24. flew
  25. passed
  26. tail
  27. hear
  28. road
  29. knew
  30. bury
  31. tale
  32. meat
  33. peace
  34. dear
  35. deer
  36. maid
  37. sell
  38. steal
  39. maid
  40. hole

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