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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 882 · 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 “buy”? (a) by (b) waist (c) mail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) heal (b) flu (c) meet
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) tow (b) meat (c) peace
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) piece (b) break (c) hole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) whole (b) wait (c) sale
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flour (b) rows (c) see
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) eight (b) past (c) blue
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flower (b) see (c) not
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) flour (b) sea (c) there
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) knight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) rose (b) sail (c) sell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) aloud (b) piece (c) toe
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) tale (b) pair (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) weight (b) steal (c) past
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) week (b) past (c) flu
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) eight (b) plane (c) not
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sail (b) made (c) pear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sale (b) night (c) tail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) brake (b) rose (c) male
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rows (b) blew (c) waste
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) toe (c) cell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) plain (c) rode
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) deer (b) son (c) aloud
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) rose (b) tale (c) brake
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) pair (b) aloud (c) deer
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) know (b) pair (c) flower
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flour (b) hole (c) berry
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) tail (b) right (c) missed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) rows (c) ate
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) night (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) here (c) eight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) pear (c) won
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) whole (c) brake
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) won (b) peace (c) mist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) meet (b) plane (c) pair
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) pear (b) knot (c) here
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) bury (b) right (c) dear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) right (c) sail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) dear (c) flew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) rows

Answer key

  1. by
  2. meet
  3. peace
  4. break
  5. wait
  6. see
  7. blue
  8. not
  9. there
  10. tow
  11. sell
  12. toe
  13. pair
  14. steal
  15. past
  16. plane
  17. pear
  18. night
  19. rose
  20. blew
  21. brake
  22. piece
  23. son
  24. tale
  25. aloud
  26. flower
  27. berry
  28. right
  29. allowed
  30. new
  31. groan
  32. waste
  33. plane
  34. mist
  35. pair
  36. knot
  37. dear
  38. missed
  39. rows
  40. rows

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