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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 927 · 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) knot (c) missed
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knot (b) their (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) meet (b) past (c) sale
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) no (b) sun (c) eight
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) not (b) mail (c) brake
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) blue (c) here
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) son (c) flu
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) tow (b) rose (c) road
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) steel (b) mail (c) hole
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) son (b) tail (c) flour
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) deer (b) won (c) pear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) there (b) write (c) tale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sell (b) heal (c) ate
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) here (b) no (c) one
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knew (b) road (c) one
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) piece (b) pear (c) deer
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flew (b) right (c) knew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) berry (b) one (c) weight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) made (b) mist (c) deer
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) flower (c) knot
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) one (b) ate (c) maid
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) plane (b) aloud (c) right
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) son (b) male (c) steal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) wait (b) bear (c) grown
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) blue (b) whole (c) mist
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) tail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) buy (c) blue
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) no (b) one (c) steel
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) one (b) deer (c) night
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) road (b) sail (c) groan
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) see (c) missed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) pair (b) buy (c) toe
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) past (c) sail
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) flower (b) waste (c) toe
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) male (b) maid (c) flu
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) toe (b) flower (c) meet
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) grown (b) bury (c) buy
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) plain
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) tow (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) heal (b) knot (c) flew

Answer key

  1. break
  2. knight
  3. past
  4. sun
  5. brake
  6. road
  7. weight
  8. road
  9. hole
  10. flour
  11. won
  12. write
  13. ate
  14. one
  15. one
  16. deer
  17. knew
  18. weight
  19. mist
  20. blue
  21. maid
  22. aloud
  23. steal
  24. grown
  25. whole
  26. tail
  27. made
  28. steel
  29. night
  30. sail
  31. toe
  32. buy
  33. plain
  34. waste
  35. flu
  36. meet
  37. buy
  38. hole
  39. sea
  40. flew

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