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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 102 · 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 “past”? (a) passed (b) wait (c) berry
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) sell (b) waste (c) dear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) tail (c) weak
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) bare (b) peace (c) rows
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) groan (c) weak
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) night (b) tail (c) won
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) wait (c) rode
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) tale (b) grown (c) steal
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) their (c) meet
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) tow (b) meet (c) eight
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sail (b) sell (c) won
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) pair (c) new
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) peace
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) knot (c) waste
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) pear (b) break (c) plain
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) their (b) hear (c) meat
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) grown
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) heal (c) bury
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) break (b) sun (c) pair
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) right (b) no (c) flower
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) new (c) steal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) write (b) no (c) new
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) steel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) waist (b) brake (c) mist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) blew (b) week (c) tail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) rode (c) hole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) piece (b) meat (c) plane
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) ate (b) wait (c) there
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) deer (c) week
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) by (b) week (c) deer
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) groan (b) pear (c) missed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) know (c) tow
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) blue (b) male (c) deer
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) there (b) buy (c) hear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) cell (c) hole
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) wait (b) here (c) sea
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) rose (c) there
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) rose
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) meet (b) heel (c) steel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) heel (b) their (c) deer

Answer key

  1. passed
  2. dear
  3. by
  4. rows
  5. passed
  6. won
  7. waist
  8. grown
  9. ate
  10. meet
  11. sell
  12. knot
  13. pear
  14. heel
  15. break
  16. meat
  17. grown
  18. right
  19. sun
  20. flower
  21. cell
  22. new
  23. ate
  24. mist
  25. week
  26. rows
  27. meat
  28. there
  29. their
  30. week
  31. missed
  32. break
  33. deer
  34. buy
  35. flu
  36. sea
  37. blue
  38. blew
  39. steel
  40. their

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