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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 152 · 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) sell (b) whole (c) bear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) passed (c) waist
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) toe (b) their (c) allowed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) peace
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) one (c) aloud
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) past (b) ate (c) rode
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) see
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) eight (c) whole
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) brake (c) road
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) whole (c) there
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) made (c) hear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) by (b) sale (c) berry
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) heal (c) wait
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) male (b) buy (c) heal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) mist (b) piece (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) pair (b) bare (c) piece
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) no (c) eight
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) flu (c) grown
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) there (c) dear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) mist (c) waist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) buy
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) steal (b) bear (c) deer
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) waist (c) hear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) waist (b) night (c) buy
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) won (b) waist (c) grown
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) rode (c) toe
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) here (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flew (b) berry (c) flour
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) male (c) aloud
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) flu (b) cell (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) not (b) won (c) no
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) rose (c) no
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) brake (b) write (c) their
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) bear (b) mist (c) hear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) write (b) won (c) weight
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) grown (c) by
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) one (c) pear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) tale (c) meat
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) flew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) write (b) new (c) weight

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. sea
  3. their
  4. pair
  5. mist
  6. rode
  7. steel
  8. meat
  9. won
  10. flour
  11. tail
  12. sale
  13. bury
  14. heal
  15. eight
  16. piece
  17. buy
  18. meat
  19. flew
  20. flu
  21. buy
  22. deer
  23. bare
  24. night
  25. grown
  26. deer
  27. dear
  28. berry
  29. no
  30. cell
  31. won
  32. knot
  33. write
  34. mist
  35. weight
  36. flour
  37. road
  38. brake
  39. missed
  40. weight

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