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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 143 · 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 “buy”? (a) by (b) aloud (c) rows
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) knight (c) steal
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) hole (b) road (c) no
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) waist (b) bury (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) write (b) sea (c) berry
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) here (b) by (c) weak
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) weight (b) week (c) here
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) wait (b) rode (c) meet
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) steal (b) sail (c) not
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) bear (b) flu (c) blue
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) brake (b) whole (c) see
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) week (b) there (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) blew (c) made
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) weight (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) piece (b) passed (c) sun
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) berry (b) buy (c) mail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) here (b) tow (c) brake
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flu (b) berry (c) son
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) cell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flour (b) steal (c) allowed
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) berry (b) there (c) mist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) missed (c) pear
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) pair (b) maid (c) weight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) right (b) ate (c) meat
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) cell (b) know (c) week
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) meat (b) know (c) sun
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) bare (b) buy (c) steal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) knew (c) won
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) flu (c) waist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) piece (c) sun
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) buy (c) whole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) steel (c) bear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) sale (c) road
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) write (c) mist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) flew (c) wait
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) wait (c) berry
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) eight (c) weight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) flew (b) past (c) tail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) cell (b) mail (c) tail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) steel (b) meat (c) mist

Answer key

  1. by
  2. their
  3. road
  4. bury
  5. berry
  6. weak
  7. here
  8. meet
  9. sail
  10. flu
  11. see
  12. son
  13. sale
  14. week
  15. passed
  16. mail
  17. brake
  18. berry
  19. cell
  20. allowed
  21. mist
  22. piece
  23. maid
  24. meat
  25. week
  26. know
  27. steal
  28. road
  29. heal
  30. buy
  31. hear
  32. know
  33. waist
  34. bury
  35. plain
  36. flour
  37. no
  38. past
  39. mail
  40. meat

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