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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 923 · 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 “brake”? (a) break (b) rose (c) cell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) buy (b) weight (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) son (b) deer (c) pair
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) knew (b) dear (c) knot
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) waste
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) road (b) hear (c) sail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) buy (c) flower
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flour (b) waste (c) mail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) son (b) maid (c) dear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) weak (b) flew (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) blew (c) week
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) meet (c) plane
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) peace (c) made
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) eight (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) flew (c) flour
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) sell (c) male
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) tale (b) see (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) male (b) night (c) one
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) buy
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) knight (b) flu (c) buy
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) waist (b) their (c) heal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) male (b) maid (c) hear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) weak (c) road
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) peace (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) waist (b) here (c) grown
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) knot (c) see
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) rose (b) bury (c) weak
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) tow (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) pair (c) hole
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) here (b) maid (c) sale
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) deer (b) male (c) knight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sea (b) blew (c) sell
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) whole (b) week (c) sale
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) aloud (b) sun (c) tale
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) hear (b) wait (c) see
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) waist (b) plain (c) rows
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) rose (b) pair (c) eight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) weight (b) rows (c) past
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hear (b) new (c) blew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) bury

Answer key

  1. break
  2. weight
  3. deer
  4. dear
  5. steal
  6. sail
  7. no
  8. waste
  9. maid
  10. flew
  11. bear
  12. tow
  13. flew
  14. meet
  15. allowed
  16. ate
  17. blue
  18. one
  19. buy
  20. buy
  21. heal
  22. maid
  23. toe
  24. not
  25. grown
  26. waste
  27. bury
  28. brake
  29. write
  30. sale
  31. male
  32. blew
  33. sale
  34. sun
  35. see
  36. rows
  37. pair
  38. rows
  39. new
  40. meet

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