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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 678 · 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 “wait”? (a) weight (b) steel (c) maid
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) mail (b) right (c) flour
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) made (b) right (c) brake
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) heel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) whole (b) deer (c) berry
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) deer (b) peace (c) steal
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) allowed (b) piece (c) knight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) ate (b) plain (c) allowed
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) passed (c) male
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) heal (b) tale (c) rows
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) right (c) flew
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) toe (b) bury (c) week
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) berry (b) bear (c) heal
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) knew (b) sale (c) sea
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) hear (b) rose (c) heel
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) cell (c) tow
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) bear (c) knew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) write
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) pair (b) hear (c) sun
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) deer (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) hear (b) break (c) deer
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) road (b) heal (c) made
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sun (b) won (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) flower (b) not (c) right
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) no (b) meet (c) heel
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) blue (b) sell (c) sea
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) peace (b) bury (c) eight
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) bare (b) new (c) one
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) by (b) pear (c) son
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) son (b) pear (c) meat
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) flew (c) whole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) break (b) sell (c) passed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) missed (b) berry (c) passed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) whole (c) knot
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) one (c) there
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sale (b) maid (c) blew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) buy (b) berry (c) peace
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) steel (b) here (c) toe
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) groan (b) sun (c) tale

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. flour
  3. brake
  4. rode
  5. deer
  6. peace
  7. knight
  8. plain
  9. brake
  10. tale
  11. won
  12. week
  13. bear
  14. sea
  15. heel
  16. here
  17. ate
  18. hole
  19. hear
  20. sail
  21. break
  22. heal
  23. wait
  24. not
  25. heel
  26. sell
  27. bury
  28. new
  29. pear
  30. meat
  31. by
  32. sell
  33. heal
  34. passed
  35. night
  36. pair
  37. blew
  38. berry
  39. toe
  40. sun

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