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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 147 · 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) knot (b) pair (c) knight
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) knot (b) toe (c) knew
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) bare (b) past (c) dear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) right (c) sell
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) flew (b) missed (c) male
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) plane (c) write
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) groan (c) see
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) cell (b) heel (c) passed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) son (c) sale
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) blue (b) mist (c) plain
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) grown (b) waist (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) mail (c) steal
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) pear (c) dear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) knew (c) plain
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) bare (b) plane (c) rode
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tale (b) won (c) rode
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) pear (b) meat (c) knew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) there (b) by (c) tow
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) mail (b) meet (c) rode
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) son (b) ate (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) sale (b) flew (c) waist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) right (b) made (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) blew (b) there (c) bear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) night (b) tale (c) bear
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) plain (b) sail (c) peace
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) heal (b) brake (c) by
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) here (b) grown (c) their
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) road
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) dear (b) passed (c) allowed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) new (b) berry (c) heal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) male (b) meet (c) tail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) not (b) tail (c) male
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) sun (b) tow (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) son (c) bury
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) steal (b) knot (c) aloud
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) know (b) bear (c) son
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) whole (b) eight (c) pear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) peace (b) rose (c) road
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) bury (c) flour
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) steel (b) one (c) plane

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. toe
  3. dear
  4. bear
  5. missed
  6. whole
  7. won
  8. passed
  9. here
  10. plain
  11. flour
  12. mist
  13. sale
  14. grown
  15. plane
  16. rode
  17. meat
  18. by
  19. rode
  20. ate
  21. flew
  22. new
  23. bear
  24. tale
  25. peace
  26. brake
  27. their
  28. road
  29. allowed
  30. berry
  31. meet
  32. tail
  33. tow
  34. sail
  35. knot
  36. son
  37. eight
  38. rose
  39. past
  40. plane

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