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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 740 · 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 “break”? (a) see (b) brake (c) rose
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) heal (b) steal (c) bear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) missed (b) one (c) meet
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) rode (b) bare (c) rose
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sea (b) their (c) steel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) knot
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) flew (c) heel
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) pair (b) son (c) flour
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) bury (b) break (c) rose
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) here (b) blue (c) waste
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) dear (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) steel (c) made
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) meat (b) tow (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) bear (b) plane (c) steel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) not (b) sea (c) waist
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) their (b) plain (c) sell
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) missed (b) week (c) heal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) sun (c) grown
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) flew (b) knew (c) waist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) right (b) male (c) see
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) ate (c) sun
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) missed (b) peace (c) allowed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) plain (c) right
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) night (b) peace (c) male
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) missed (b) aloud (c) blue
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) brake (c) waist
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) passed (b) sun (c) blew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) break (b) blew (c) write
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) flower (c) dear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) flower (b) bare (c) missed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) sea (c) right
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) there (b) road (c) by
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) no (b) hole (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) flour (c) one
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) heal (b) flower (c) here
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) buy (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) grown (b) ate (c) flower
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) passed (b) buy (c) bury
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) sail (b) eight (c) by
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) blew (b) pair (c) knight

Answer key

  1. brake
  2. steal
  3. one
  4. bare
  5. their
  6. knot
  7. wait
  8. flour
  9. break
  10. blue
  11. sea
  12. new
  13. tow
  14. steel
  15. waist
  16. sell
  17. heal
  18. plain
  19. knew
  20. male
  21. won
  22. peace
  23. there
  24. male
  25. blue
  26. plane
  27. blew
  28. blew
  29. hear
  30. bare
  31. knew
  32. road
  33. knight
  34. know
  35. flower
  36. sale
  37. ate
  38. buy
  39. by
  40. knight

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