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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 115 · 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 “pear”? (a) sun (b) blue (c) pair
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) plain (b) night (c) their
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) past (b) weight (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) one (b) deer (c) steal
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) sail (b) tow (c) son
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) meet (c) rode
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) won (b) aloud (c) piece
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) by (c) deer
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) blue (c) son
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) knew (c) tale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) plain (b) whole (c) groan
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) mist (b) bare (c) there
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) not (b) sell (c) meet
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) mist (b) waste (c) weak
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) son
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) break (c) made
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) dear (b) won (c) knight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) meet (b) grown (c) deer
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) son (b) waist (c) knot
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) week
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) bear (c) toe
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) passed (c) no
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) allowed (b) night (c) pair
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) male (c) knight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) their (c) eight
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) meat (b) groan (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) one (b) sail (c) tow
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) bare (b) new (c) weight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) toe (c) male
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) eight (b) see (c) here
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) hole (b) pear (c) by
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) hole (b) aloud (c) hear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) rode (c) sale
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) meet (c) their
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) road (b) made (c) here
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) sail (b) knew (c) plane
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) knot (b) berry (c) mail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) flew (c) sun
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) eight (b) steel (c) night
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) eight (b) buy (c) groan

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. their
  3. weight
  4. deer
  5. son
  6. flu
  7. piece
  8. heel
  9. break
  10. waist
  11. whole
  12. there
  13. meet
  14. weak
  15. blew
  16. sea
  17. won
  18. grown
  19. knot
  20. week
  21. sail
  22. tow
  23. night
  24. not
  25. pair
  26. no
  27. sail
  28. weight
  29. sell
  30. here
  31. by
  32. aloud
  33. won
  34. weak
  35. made
  36. plane
  37. berry
  38. knight
  39. steel
  40. groan

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