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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 924 · 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) flour (b) brake (c) steel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) no (b) tail (c) new
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) sea (c) there
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) toe (c) ate
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) missed (b) past (c) waist
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) by (c) wait
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) waste (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) peace (b) their (c) grown
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) rows (b) week (c) knot
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) bury (b) flu (c) weight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) missed (b) allowed (c) here
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) peace (b) cell (c) knew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) weak (b) toe (c) here
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) see (b) piece (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) passed (b) aloud (c) made
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) mist (c) allowed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) cell (b) break (c) heel
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) steal (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) heel (b) steel (c) knight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) week (b) eight (c) night
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) rose (b) sun (c) bury
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tail (b) past (c) rode
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) heal (b) groan (c) see
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) deer (b) knew (c) week
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) deer (b) maid (c) plane
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) sale (c) see
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) night (c) flu
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) ate (b) not (c) pair
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) peace (b) buy (c) sea
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) deer (b) knew (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) mist (b) ate (c) by
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) aloud (c) blew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) son (b) eight (c) brake
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) tail (b) bear (c) peace
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) their (b) dear (c) sea
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sun (b) dear (c) one
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) rows (b) deer (c) here
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) wait (c) waste
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) piece (b) new (c) passed

Answer key

  1. brake
  2. new
  3. meat
  4. piece
  5. past
  6. hear
  7. cell
  8. grown
  9. knot
  10. weight
  11. allowed
  12. cell
  13. toe
  14. tow
  15. made
  16. tail
  17. heel
  18. meet
  19. knight
  20. eight
  21. bury
  22. rode
  23. see
  24. knew
  25. flour
  26. plane
  27. ate
  28. sea
  29. not
  30. buy
  31. knew
  32. ate
  33. bury
  34. eight
  35. bear
  36. dear
  37. one
  38. deer
  39. bare
  40. passed

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