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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 750 · 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) know (b) rode (c) break
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) no (b) mist (c) knight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) mail (b) rode (c) weak
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) tow (b) plane (c) road
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) past (c) hole
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) tail (b) weight (c) ate
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) wait (c) one
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) not (b) steal (c) peace
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flu (b) steel (c) grown
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) waste (b) sail (c) dear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) their (b) deer (c) eight
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) waste (c) right
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) one (b) sell (c) week
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) road (c) knew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) piece (b) dear (c) write
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) dear (c) sell
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) eight (b) mist (c) mail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) write (b) week (c) sun
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) week (c) past
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) mist (b) their (c) weak
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) not (b) knight (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) meet (b) one (c) blew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) plane (c) rose
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) no (b) hear (c) sale
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) by (b) plain (c) knew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) bear (b) wait (c) meet
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) plane (b) buy (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sail (b) son (c) brake
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) meat (c) plain
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) grown (c) dear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) eight (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) sun (b) rose (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) steel (c) toe
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) buy (c) flu
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knot (b) ate (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) rose (b) past (c) road
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) heal (b) eight (c) new
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) deer (c) hear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) bear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sun (b) blew (c) pair

Answer key

  1. break
  2. knight
  3. weak
  4. plane
  5. meat
  6. weight
  7. meet
  8. steal
  9. grown
  10. dear
  11. eight
  12. weight
  13. sell
  14. right
  15. dear
  16. night
  17. mist
  18. sun
  19. hole
  20. their
  21. whole
  22. one
  23. flower
  24. hear
  25. knew
  26. wait
  27. buy
  28. brake
  29. bare
  30. weak
  31. plain
  32. rose
  33. flower
  34. pear
  35. ate
  36. past
  37. new
  38. know
  39. bury
  40. blew

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