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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 929 · 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) right (c) new
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) toe (b) week (c) know
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) see (b) new (c) past
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) toe (b) sun (c) break
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) break (b) week (c) pear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) sale (b) night (c) break
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) flu (b) dear (c) heel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) week
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) won (b) hole (c) rows
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) passed (b) write (c) eight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) knew (b) sail (c) hole
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) there (b) wait (c) waste
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) heal (c) plain
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) their (b) whole (c) knew
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) mist (c) heal
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) see (b) plane (c) not
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) whole (b) heel (c) son
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) road (b) plane (c) right
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) eight (b) knot (c) tail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) heel
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) groan (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) know (c) flu
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) waste (b) there (c) tale
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) hear (b) son (c) weak
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) meet
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) bury (c) week
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) steel (b) see (c) night
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) whole (b) rose (c) hear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) no (b) male (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) son (c) ate
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) made (b) waist (c) pear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) break (b) know (c) flower
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flu (b) allowed (c) sea
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) sail (b) pear (c) tail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) flower (b) by (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) not (b) flour (c) aloud
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) made (b) steel (c) sell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) male (b) bear (c) break
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) one (b) bear (c) grown
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) son (b) know (c) male

Answer key

  1. break
  2. know
  3. new
  4. sun
  5. week
  6. break
  7. heel
  8. pear
  9. rows
  10. eight
  11. hole
  12. waste
  13. toe
  14. knew
  15. berry
  16. not
  17. son
  18. plane
  19. tail
  20. sun
  21. brake
  22. whole
  23. tale
  24. weak
  25. meet
  26. meat
  27. see
  28. rose
  29. hear
  30. missed
  31. waist
  32. know
  33. sea
  34. pear
  35. by
  36. flour
  37. sell
  38. bear
  39. grown
  40. male

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