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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 768 · 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 “peace”? (a) sun (b) piece (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) weak (c) heel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) berry (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) pear (b) brake (c) meet
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) rode (c) aloud
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) made (c) waist
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) knight (b) bury (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) one
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) flower
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) rows (b) dear (c) brake
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) blew (b) their (c) won
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) sun (c) piece
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) brake (b) no (c) new
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) flew (c) won
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) blue (b) road (c) wait
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) buy (b) sale (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) road (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) night (b) hear (c) sell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) plain (b) waist (c) bare
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) dear (c) week
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) steel (c) groan
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) here
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) deer (b) sail (c) son
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) whole (b) bear (c) break
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) wait (b) one (c) heel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) bare (b) deer (c) heel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) steal (b) knight (c) rows
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) night (b) male (c) heel
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) bare (b) one (c) allowed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) hear (b) knight (c) whole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) see (b) knew (c) hole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) sale (b) night (c) steel
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) bear (b) mail (c) plane
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) aloud (b) not (c) cell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) heal (b) rose (c) peace
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) wait (b) one (c) sun
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) son (c) rows
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) break (c) sail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) berry (c) steal
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) bury (b) brake (c) cell

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. road
  3. maid
  4. meet
  5. see
  6. flew
  7. sun
  8. plain
  9. eight
  10. dear
  11. won
  12. blew
  13. new
  14. tow
  15. wait
  16. sale
  17. missed
  18. sell
  19. bare
  20. write
  21. break
  22. hole
  23. sail
  24. break
  25. heel
  26. deer
  27. rows
  28. heel
  29. one
  30. whole
  31. knew
  32. steel
  33. plane
  34. not
  35. peace
  36. one
  37. groan
  38. knot
  39. by
  40. brake

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