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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 798 · 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) write (b) break (c) made
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) sell (b) steel (c) tale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) peace (b) cell (c) aloud
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sale (b) knight (c) made
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) pair (b) road (c) tale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) brake (b) steel (c) cell
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) flour (b) night (c) made
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) meat (c) flour
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) past (b) knight (c) pear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) heal (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) made (b) road (c) here
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) toe (b) one (c) meat
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) sea (b) waist (c) new
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) pair (b) mist (c) piece
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) heel (c) allowed
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) brake (c) blew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) grown (b) break (c) blue
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) berry (b) male (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) steel (b) waste (c) new
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) write (c) whole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) whole (c) mail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) past (c) break
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) aloud (b) not (c) tow
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) mail (b) heel (c) knot
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) bare (c) there
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) week (b) wait (c) ate
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) flew (b) missed (c) sell
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) male (c) knot
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) sail (b) meet (c) tail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) allowed (c) pair
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sell (c) meet
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) eight (c) knot
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) waist (b) knew (c) one
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) heal (b) sea (c) eight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) male (b) maid (c) rose
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) waste (b) steel (c) no
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) see (c) flew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) mail (b) whole (c) knight
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) mail (b) one (c) waist

Answer key

  1. break
  2. steel
  3. cell
  4. knight
  5. tale
  6. steel
  7. made
  8. maid
  9. pear
  10. rows
  11. road
  12. one
  13. new
  14. piece
  15. sea
  16. flew
  17. break
  18. male
  19. new
  20. dear
  21. bury
  22. by
  23. not
  24. heel
  25. piece
  26. ate
  27. missed
  28. sun
  29. tail
  30. deer
  31. one
  32. plain
  33. knew
  34. eight
  35. rose
  36. no
  37. passed
  38. whole
  39. flour
  40. waist

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