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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 771 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) week (b) male (c) brake
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) sea (c) here
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) son (b) won (c) sail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) weight (b) knight (c) sell
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) there (b) flower (c) right
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) new (b) blue (c) mist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) not (b) knew (c) berry
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) plain (b) flu (c) rode
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) missed (b) see (c) weight
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) ate
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) waste (b) buy (c) piece
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) meat (b) steal (c) there
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) passed (b) peace (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) tail (b) mist (c) bury
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) peace (c) bury
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) pear (c) road
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) heel (c) ate
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) flew (b) pair (c) no
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) made
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) see
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flour (b) new (c) mail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sun (b) steel (c) pair
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) know (b) male (c) plain
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) bear (b) rode (c) by
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) won (b) sea (c) here
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) week (b) mist (c) blew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) rode (c) aloud
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) pear (b) ate (c) berry
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) break (b) missed (c) sell
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) tail (b) waist (c) hole
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) tow (b) tail (c) there
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) dear (b) passed (c) steel
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) made
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) piece (b) deer (c) heel
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) cell (b) right (c) pear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) eight (b) missed (c) flower
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) right (b) steel (c) bear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) write (c) night
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) hole (b) aloud (c) flu
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) night (b) plane (c) groan

Answer key

  1. brake
  2. tale
  3. sail
  4. sell
  5. right
  6. blue
  7. knew
  8. rode
  9. see
  10. buy
  11. piece
  12. steal
  13. peace
  14. bury
  15. heal
  16. flew
  17. hear
  18. no
  19. bury
  20. meet
  21. new
  22. steel
  23. plain
  24. by
  25. sea
  26. blew
  27. knot
  28. ate
  29. missed
  30. hole
  31. there
  32. passed
  33. made
  34. heel
  35. pear
  36. missed
  37. steel
  38. week
  39. flu
  40. plane

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