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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 745 · 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 “weak”? (a) there (b) mist (c) week
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) week (c) steel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) pear (c) peace
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) hear (b) eight (c) steal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) groan (b) bear (c) one
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) weak (b) right (c) steel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) blew (b) see (c) toe
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) here (b) write (c) flu
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) write
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) wait (b) groan (c) berry
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) mist (b) piece (c) night
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) bare
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flour (b) heel (c) ate
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) eight (c) mist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) one (c) flew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) past (b) road (c) see
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) tail (c) by
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) hear (b) right (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) break (b) grown (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) waist (c) sea
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) male (c) buy
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) sale
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) knew (c) past
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) week (c) blew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) meet (c) groan
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) there (b) rode (c) heel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) won (b) here (c) steel
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) bury (c) allowed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) berry (c) plane
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) sell (c) berry
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) one (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) know (c) aloud
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) steal (c) new
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) heel (c) know
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) heel (b) tow (c) see
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) deer (c) there
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) plain (b) hole (c) hear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) know (b) pair (c) by
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) flour (b) flew (c) cell
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) night (c) peace

Answer key

  1. week
  2. break
  3. aloud
  4. eight
  5. one
  6. steel
  7. toe
  8. write
  9. sale
  10. groan
  11. night
  12. weak
  13. ate
  14. tale
  15. tail
  16. see
  17. past
  18. waste
  19. missed
  20. tail
  21. buy
  22. sale
  23. break
  24. no
  25. mist
  26. rode
  27. here
  28. tow
  29. their
  30. meet
  31. whole
  32. rose
  33. meat
  34. write
  35. tow
  36. cell
  37. hear
  38. by
  39. cell
  40. bear

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