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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 671 · 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) mist (b) peace (c) break
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) knight (b) road (c) wait
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) there (b) pear (c) heal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) heal (b) blue (c) hear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) hear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) passed (b) piece (c) road
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) no (b) meet (c) tail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) mist (b) rows (c) grown
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) sell (c) plain
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) blue (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) write (c) passed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) deer (c) new
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) mail (c) there
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) piece (b) sail (c) brake
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) there
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) plane
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) plain (b) no (c) road
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) bare (b) cell (c) made
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) not (b) know (c) pair
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) rows (c) there
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) flower (b) weight (c) plain
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) their (c) no
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) weak (b) not (c) pair
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) flower (b) their (c) pear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) tale (b) whole (c) meet
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) there (b) toe (c) brake
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) made (b) flower (c) right
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) mail (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) bury (b) meat (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) pear (b) right (c) peace
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) their (b) sun (c) bare
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) mail (c) made
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) bear (b) made (c) see
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) blue (b) piece (c) dear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) knew (b) mail (c) there
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) here (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) sea (b) won (c) missed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) mist (b) road (c) here
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) son (c) weight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) piece (b) bear (c) waste

Answer key

  1. break
  2. wait
  3. heal
  4. hear
  5. rose
  6. piece
  7. meet
  8. rows
  9. knight
  10. mail
  11. tow
  12. toe
  13. heel
  14. brake
  15. tail
  16. plane
  17. no
  18. cell
  19. pair
  20. sell
  21. weight
  22. sale
  23. pair
  24. their
  25. meet
  26. brake
  27. right
  28. knight
  29. sun
  30. peace
  31. bare
  32. wait
  33. see
  34. piece
  35. there
  36. flour
  37. missed
  38. here
  39. their
  40. bear

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