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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 169 · 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 “bear”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) plain
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) piece (c) one
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) male (b) tow (c) won
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) bear (b) flew (c) rose
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) one (b) weak (c) heel
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) there (b) sun (c) meet
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flower (b) bear (c) knot
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) past (b) here (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) ate (c) one
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) here (b) cell (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) made (b) week (c) flu
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) meat (b) allowed (c) groan
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) waste (c) hole
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) peace (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) steel (b) peace (c) night
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) bear (b) flower (c) male
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) dear (b) knight (c) blue
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) bury (b) weight (c) heel
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) night (b) waste (c) flour
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) allowed (c) toe
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) knew (b) mail (c) won
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) know (c) groan
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) pair (b) write (c) bear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) groan (c) pear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) flower
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) break (b) plain (c) son
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sea (b) brake (c) know
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) dear (b) hole (c) eight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) rows (b) steal (c) son
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) ate (c) tail
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) rose (c) waist
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) not (b) pear (c) here
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) son (b) rows (c) steal
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) brake (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) heal (c) missed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) pair (b) heal (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) mist (c) break
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) bear (b) past (c) know
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) tow (b) there (c) made
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) their (b) sun (c) piece

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. male
  3. tow
  4. rose
  5. weak
  6. sun
  7. knot
  8. here
  9. buy
  10. cell
  11. week
  12. groan
  13. their
  14. night
  15. night
  16. flower
  17. blue
  18. heel
  19. waste
  20. bury
  21. won
  22. buy
  23. write
  24. plane
  25. blew
  26. plain
  27. know
  28. hole
  29. steal
  30. waist
  31. tow
  32. here
  33. steal
  34. flour
  35. weight
  36. heal
  37. week
  38. past
  39. there
  40. piece

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