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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 912 · 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 “break”? (a) brake (b) waist (c) night
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) knew (c) hole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) meat (c) sail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) bury (b) past (c) meat
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) pair (b) flower (c) flu
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) steal (b) know (c) knot
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) break (b) write (c) won
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) sell (b) hole (c) flour
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) flower (b) past (c) son
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) meet (c) deer
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) blew (b) know (c) see
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) here (b) cell (c) pair
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) there (b) hole (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) whole (c) groan
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) meet (c) knight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) break (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) waste (b) flour (c) flew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) hole (b) new (c) rows
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) cell (b) berry (c) buy
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) eight (b) dear (c) rows
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) past (b) break (c) made
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) knew (c) one
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) not (b) maid (c) sail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) see (b) weak (c) not
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) groan (c) meet
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) sun (b) mail (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) sea (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) by (c) see
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) toe (c) peace
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) one (c) rode
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) wait (b) hole (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) groan (b) meat (c) passed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) new (b) flew (c) allowed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) flew (b) mail (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) see (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) piece (b) grown (c) mist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) flu (c) maid
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) tale (b) knight (c) knot
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) passed (c) plane
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sail (b) knight (c) right

Answer key

  1. brake
  2. won
  3. ate
  4. meat
  5. flower
  6. know
  7. write
  8. flour
  9. past
  10. sun
  11. know
  12. pair
  13. by
  14. waste
  15. week
  16. write
  17. flew
  18. rows
  19. berry
  20. dear
  21. break
  22. sea
  23. sail
  24. weak
  25. night
  26. mail
  27. bear
  28. male
  29. sell
  30. pear
  31. hole
  32. passed
  33. allowed
  34. mail
  35. sale
  36. mist
  37. pear
  38. knot
  39. tow
  40. knight

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