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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 98 · 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 “sail”? (a) won (b) heel (c) sale
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) here (b) toe (c) male
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) see (b) brake (c) meet
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) groan (b) wait (c) bury
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) passed
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) one (b) knew (c) by
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) sell (c) wait
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) meet (b) waist (c) heal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) tale (b) won (c) bury
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) weight (b) meet (c) flower
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sell (b) flu (c) meat
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) dear (b) sea (c) sun
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) male (c) write
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) right (b) knight (c) eight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) brake (b) steal (c) cell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) flower (c) male
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) meat (b) aloud (c) dear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) knight (b) plane (c) ate
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) road (c) knew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) knot (b) mist (c) pair
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) male (c) wait
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tale (b) flour (c) meat
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) their (b) rows (c) waist
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) mist (c) pear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) toe (c) here
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) piece (b) waste (c) plane
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) right (b) rows (c) bare
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rows (b) see (c) dear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) flour (b) see (c) bear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) waist (b) knight (c) pair
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) right (b) know (c) week
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) bury (c) waist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) groan (c) tale
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) sun (b) toe (c) break
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) made (b) cell (c) tow
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) plane (c) one
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) knew (c) break
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) week (c) knew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) weak (c) night
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) write (b) pair (c) toe

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. male
  3. brake
  4. wait
  5. passed
  6. knew
  7. blew
  8. heal
  9. bury
  10. flower
  11. meat
  12. sea
  13. here
  14. eight
  15. steal
  16. week
  17. dear
  18. ate
  19. weak
  20. mist
  21. knot
  22. meat
  23. waist
  24. won
  25. steel
  26. waste
  27. rows
  28. see
  29. bear
  30. knight
  31. know
  32. grown
  33. flew
  34. break
  35. cell
  36. flower
  37. hole
  38. night
  39. sun
  40. toe

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