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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 171 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) brake (b) bear (c) grown
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) tale (b) meet (c) sale
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) son (b) tail (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) peace (b) by (c) pair
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) bare (b) flour (c) their
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) mail (c) rode
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) deer (b) weight (c) plane
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) buy (b) pair (c) sale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) pear (b) heel (c) flew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) wait (c) rose
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) there (b) pear (c) here
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) male (b) mist (c) no
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) hole (b) hear (c) right
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) pear (b) know (c) right
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) right (b) sale (c) tow
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) no (c) steal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) weak (c) peace
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) mist (c) one
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) cell (b) rose (c) blew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) plain (b) there (c) waist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) aloud (b) ate (c) dear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flower (b) buy (c) allowed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) hole (b) knot (c) heel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) plain (b) steel (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) steal (b) no (c) blue
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) cell (b) bare (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) rose (b) knight (c) see
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) groan (c) flower
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) hole (b) pear (c) their
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) there (b) toe (c) not
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) flu (c) tale
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) cell (c) eight
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) one (c) male
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) there (b) brake (c) road
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) not (b) hear (c) meet
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) deer (b) heel (c) missed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) pear (c) maid
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) dear (b) their (c) hear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) waste (b) ate (c) knight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) berry (b) knight (c) weak

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. meet
  3. male
  4. by
  5. their
  6. sell
  7. plane
  8. sale
  9. flew
  10. aloud
  11. here
  12. no
  13. right
  14. know
  15. tow
  16. brake
  17. tale
  18. berry
  19. blew
  20. waist
  21. dear
  22. allowed
  23. knot
  24. buy
  25. blue
  26. bare
  27. knight
  28. made
  29. their
  30. toe
  31. break
  32. heel
  33. hole
  34. road
  35. hear
  36. missed
  37. deer
  38. hear
  39. ate
  40. knight

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