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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 684 · 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 “mail”? (a) new (b) groan (c) male
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) meet (c) hear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) write (b) flew (c) knew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) maid (b) night (c) here
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) right (b) waste (c) bear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) rose (b) steel (c) one
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flu (b) brake (c) ate
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) write (c) mail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) passed (b) rode (c) bare
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) pear (b) their (c) sale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) their (b) toe (c) cell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) sun (b) plain (c) blue
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) right (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) sun (b) bear (c) pear
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) rose (b) brake (c) maid
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) right (c) cell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) toe (c) blue
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) knot (c) dear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) not (b) blew (c) missed
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) piece (c) allowed
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) hear (c) eight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) made (b) new (c) dear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) buy (b) flew (c) eight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) road (c) past
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) hear (b) peace (c) eight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) toe (b) aloud (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) son (c) piece
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) mist (b) knight (c) meat
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) their (c) made
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) wait (b) their (c) tale
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) toe (c) deer
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) dear (b) pair (c) know
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) by (b) groan (c) won
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) mist (b) week (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) knight (b) blew (c) flew
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) rows (b) hole (c) blew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sun (b) bury (c) knot
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) past (c) blue
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) night (c) not

Answer key

  1. male
  2. break
  3. knew
  4. here
  5. waste
  6. steel
  7. ate
  8. hear
  9. bare
  10. sea
  11. sale
  12. toe
  13. plain
  14. week
  15. bear
  16. maid
  17. knew
  18. one
  19. pear
  20. missed
  21. road
  22. there
  23. dear
  24. flew
  25. by
  26. eight
  27. aloud
  28. eight
  29. meat
  30. sun
  31. tale
  32. whole
  33. know
  34. won
  35. week
  36. blew
  37. hole
  38. bury
  39. right
  40. wait

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