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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 104 · 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 “passed”? (a) past (b) bare (c) grown
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) mist (b) flower (c) sun
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) there (b) sail (c) allowed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) new (b) meat (c) waist
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) hear (b) maid (c) their
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) weight (b) sell (c) rode
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) blew (b) pair (c) knot
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) heel (b) bare (c) peace
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) hear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) deer (c) flew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) sun (b) new (c) weight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) won (b) made (c) here
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) bury (b) won (c) write
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) blew (b) rode (c) ate
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) not (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) cell (b) sun (c) berry
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) steel (c) no
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) heal (b) flu (c) missed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) tale (b) meet (c) rose
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) meet (b) sea (c) pair
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) steal (b) cell (c) knew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) son (b) flower (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) missed (b) sail (c) buy
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) aloud (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) by (b) rose (c) pear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) flower (b) night (c) flu
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) write (c) sea
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) sail (b) aloud (c) road
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) bare (b) pair (c) deer
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) weak (c) weight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) plane (b) by (c) road
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) eight (b) piece (c) meat
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) tow (b) won (c) bury
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) knight (b) blew (c) bear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) weak (b) ate (c) groan
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) weight (b) sea (c) plane
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) hear (b) break (c) know
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sun (b) flour (c) berry
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) son (b) peace (c) one

Answer key

  1. past
  2. sun
  3. allowed
  4. waist
  5. maid
  6. sell
  7. knot
  8. bare
  9. hear
  10. sail
  11. new
  12. here
  13. write
  14. rode
  15. weight
  16. sun
  17. tail
  18. missed
  19. meet
  20. pair
  21. cell
  22. flower
  23. buy
  24. knight
  25. pear
  26. night
  27. new
  28. aloud
  29. deer
  30. plane
  31. by
  32. meat
  33. pair
  34. bury
  35. blew
  36. groan
  37. plane
  38. break
  39. berry
  40. one

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