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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 747 · 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) hole (b) break (c) aloud
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) tow (b) break (c) steal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) bare (c) heal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) grown (b) know (c) tale
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) one (c) steel
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) heal (b) flew (c) knot
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) meet (c) weak
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) made (b) steal (c) son
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) road (b) tow (c) made
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) eight (c) sell
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) one (c) flower
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) no (b) knight (c) tail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) steel (b) passed (c) sale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) tow (c) eight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flew (b) berry (c) knight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) no (c) berry
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) bear (c) rode
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) one
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) pair (b) their (c) dear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) passed (b) sell (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) blew (c) flower
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) passed (c) piece
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) sail (b) hole (c) not
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) week (b) steal (c) whole
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) bury (b) eight (c) heal
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) pear (b) hear (c) mail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) brake (b) heal (c) buy
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) sale (b) knight (c) here
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sail (c) tail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) heel (b) tale (c) there
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) right (b) blue (c) flour
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) dear (b) ate (c) tow
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) no (b) flew (c) plane
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) blew (c) hear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) whole (b) cell (c) not
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) plane (b) made (c) piece
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) male (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) whole (b) pear (c) their
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) past (c) brake
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) hole (b) wait (c) flour

Answer key

  1. break
  2. steal
  3. plane
  4. know
  5. blue
  6. knot
  7. aloud
  8. son
  9. tow
  10. wait
  11. no
  12. knight
  13. passed
  14. write
  15. berry
  16. weight
  17. bury
  18. one
  19. their
  20. deer
  21. right
  22. no
  23. hole
  24. whole
  25. heal
  26. hear
  27. buy
  28. here
  29. flu
  30. tale
  31. flour
  32. tow
  33. flew
  34. knew
  35. not
  36. piece
  37. break
  38. pear
  39. eight
  40. flour

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