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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 826 · 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 “write”? (a) tail (b) buy (c) right
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) know (c) flew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) ate (b) break (c) meat
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) male (c) heal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) berry (c) road
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) plane (b) waist (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) break (b) no (c) tale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) one (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) buy (b) bury (c) blue
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) heal (b) allowed (c) their
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) won (b) waste (c) past
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) flu (b) eight (c) toe
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) break (c) berry
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) here (b) new (c) no
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) plain (c) bury
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) tale (b) pear (c) male
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) there (c) knew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) hear (b) piece (c) knot
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) here (c) bear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) blue (b) flour (c) sea
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) eight (b) past (c) here
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) bare (c) weight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) peace (b) buy (c) allowed
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) sell (b) maid (c) peace
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) meat (b) ate (c) brake
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) plain (b) break (c) weight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) tail (b) allowed (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) pear (b) see (c) write
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) buy (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) peace (b) heal (c) week
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sail (b) knight (c) here
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) bare (b) ate (c) flu
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) groan (b) there (c) knot
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) knight (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) grown (b) past (c) deer
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) break (b) wait (c) eight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) right (b) sun (c) here
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) son (b) cell (c) right
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) missed (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) ate (b) bear (c) pair

Answer key

  1. right
  2. hole
  3. break
  4. week
  5. no
  6. waist
  7. no
  8. by
  9. bury
  10. allowed
  11. waste
  12. eight
  13. rows
  14. new
  15. pair
  16. pear
  17. rose
  18. piece
  19. knot
  20. flour
  21. past
  22. plain
  23. buy
  24. peace
  25. brake
  26. break
  27. peace
  28. write
  29. blew
  30. heal
  31. knight
  32. ate
  33. there
  34. their
  35. past
  36. wait
  37. here
  38. right
  39. whole
  40. bear

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