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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 742 · 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) deer (b) mail (c) break
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) here (b) blue (c) plain
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) sun (b) toe (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) dear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) heel (c) pair
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) there (b) rose (c) hole
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) maid (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) blew (c) past
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) flu (c) bare
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) bury (b) missed (c) bare
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) hear (b) mail (c) there
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) piece (b) won (c) meet
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) plain (c) past
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) right
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) plain (b) bare (c) meet
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) not (b) see (c) passed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) son (b) know (c) buy
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) wait (b) hear (c) see
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) sea (c) tow
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) whole (c) their
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) brake (b) steal (c) sell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) flower (c) weight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flew (b) new (c) rose
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) deer (b) berry (c) weight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) mist (b) aloud (c) here
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) pear (b) bury (c) eight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) weight (c) meet
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) weak (b) plane (c) brake
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) missed (b) bury (c) cell
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) right (b) sail (c) road
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) made (b) hole (c) pair
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) knight (b) weight (c) brake
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) cell (b) write (c) eight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) sail (b) aloud (c) heal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) meat (b) mail (c) sell
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) flower (b) eight (c) peace
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) knot (c) rose
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) there (b) bare (c) allowed
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) break (c) male
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) here (c) there

Answer key

  1. break
  2. plain
  3. blue
  4. tow
  5. sun
  6. rose
  7. blew
  8. steel
  9. by
  10. missed
  11. there
  12. meet
  13. night
  14. right
  15. bare
  16. see
  17. know
  18. see
  19. not
  20. flu
  21. steal
  22. no
  23. new
  24. weight
  25. here
  26. bury
  27. bear
  28. plane
  29. cell
  30. road
  31. pair
  32. weight
  33. write
  34. heal
  35. sell
  36. peace
  37. mail
  38. bare
  39. tow
  40. brake

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