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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 911 · 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 “road”? (a) bury (b) rode (c) heel
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) knew (b) break (c) male
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) pear (b) right (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) passed (c) knight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) sell (b) whole (c) tail
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) peace (c) eight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) heel (c) knight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) rows (b) won (c) mail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) tale (b) by (c) bear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) allowed (b) ate (c) sail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flew (b) hole (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) allowed (b) past (c) piece
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) not (c) past
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) brake (b) son (c) whole
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) won (b) meet (c) mail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) one (b) mail (c) blew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) waist
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) sea (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) steal (b) road (c) berry
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) hear (b) no (c) meat
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) grown (c) road
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) meat (b) see (c) blue
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) groan (b) not (c) maid
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) heal (b) hear (c) bury
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) knot (c) hear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) heel (b) cell (c) steel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) flower (c) tow
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) plane (b) rows (c) one
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) wait (c) meat
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) sell (b) grown (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) knew (b) brake (c) heal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) road (c) new
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) blue (b) bury (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) flew (b) tale (c) won
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) waste (b) knight (c) rows
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) rows (b) flu (c) piece
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) wait (b) mist (c) flower
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) son (c) see
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) write (c) rows
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) flour (c) tail

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. break
  3. maid
  4. wait
  5. whole
  6. right
  7. sea
  8. mail
  9. bear
  10. sail
  11. blew
  12. past
  13. heal
  14. son
  15. meet
  16. mail
  17. bury
  18. weight
  19. berry
  20. meat
  21. buy
  22. blue
  23. not
  24. hear
  25. buy
  26. steel
  27. know
  28. rows
  29. one
  30. grown
  31. heal
  32. whole
  33. knight
  34. tale
  35. knight
  36. flu
  37. flower
  38. male
  39. brake
  40. steal

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