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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 117 · 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 “bare”? (a) night (b) bear (c) sale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) past (b) sell (c) bury
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) bear (b) wait (c) heal
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) allowed (b) bury (c) heel
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) one (c) missed
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) mist (b) know (c) waste
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) pair (b) peace (c) eight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) week (b) won (c) sea
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) grown (b) brake (c) week
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) buy (b) rows (c) past
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) right (b) piece (c) cell
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) bear (b) rode (c) blew
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) flew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) flower (c) new
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) past (b) sell (c) flour
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) flu (b) not (c) allowed
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) waste (b) flu (c) peace
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) flu (b) mist (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) berry (b) son (c) their
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) maid (b) sale (c) knight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) waist (b) one (c) rode
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) not (b) knight (c) pear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) plane (b) by (c) tail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) made (b) blue (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) eight (c) son
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) bare (c) peace
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) meat (b) hole (c) cell
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) sale (b) knew (c) pear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) bare (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) flower
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) flu (c) night
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) flew (c) there
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) brake (b) male (c) there
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) see (c) berry
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) bury (c) sale
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) tail (b) waist (c) deer
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) allowed (b) won (c) whole
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) missed (b) knight (c) cell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) weight (b) new (c) maid
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) pear (c) blew

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. bury
  3. heal
  4. heel
  5. sun
  6. know
  7. eight
  8. won
  9. brake
  10. rows
  11. piece
  12. rode
  13. flew
  14. waist
  15. flour
  16. allowed
  17. flu
  18. mist
  19. son
  20. knight
  21. one
  22. pear
  23. by
  24. blue
  25. plane
  26. mail
  27. cell
  28. pear
  29. grown
  30. sea
  31. meet
  32. male
  33. there
  34. flour
  35. wait
  36. deer
  37. whole
  38. cell
  39. new
  40. weak

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