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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 692 · 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 “see”? (a) rose (b) brake (c) sea
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) week (b) their (c) here
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) steel (b) weight (c) pair
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) flour (b) no (c) passed
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) aloud (c) rose
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) new (b) flu (c) weak
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) rode (b) pear (c) blue
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) deer (c) maid
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) right (b) passed (c) sail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) bury (b) brake (c) peace
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) made (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flu (b) mail (c) passed
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) know (b) wait (c) plane
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) bear (b) there (c) meet
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) one (b) there (c) mist
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) hear (b) bare (c) berry
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) knight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) by (b) plain (c) break
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) rode (b) heel (c) bury
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) weak (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) flew (c) mist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) maid (b) sail (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) by (b) tale (c) ate
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) no (b) break (c) past
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) flower (c) break
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) there (b) missed (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) steel (b) eight (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) meet (b) pair (c) piece
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) son (b) tow (c) plain
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) passed (c) plane
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) tail (b) see (c) week
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) know (b) heal (c) see
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) night (c) knot
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) berry (b) past (c) meet
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) aloud (b) night (c) sun
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) hole (c) road
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) allowed (b) see (c) tow
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) won (b) hole (c) break
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) rows (b) hear (c) knot
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) meat (c) sail

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. their
  3. pair
  4. no
  5. flour
  6. flu
  7. pear
  8. bury
  9. passed
  10. brake
  11. waist
  12. mail
  13. plane
  14. there
  15. mist
  16. berry
  17. knight
  18. break
  19. heel
  20. sale
  21. tow
  22. no
  23. tale
  24. break
  25. right
  26. missed
  27. eight
  28. piece
  29. plain
  30. waste
  31. week
  32. heal
  33. knew
  34. meet
  35. sun
  36. their
  37. see
  38. hole
  39. knot
  40. one

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