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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 178 · 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 “their”? (a) past (b) peace (c) there
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) son (c) waste
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) passed (b) bare (c) steel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) son (c) not
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) bear (b) flour (c) sell
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) plane (c) passed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) meet (b) new (c) cell
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) sail (b) rode (c) blue
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) buy (b) road (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) sun (b) ate (c) here
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sail (b) berry (c) tale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) groan (b) tail (c) male
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) weak (b) mist (c) waste
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) eight (b) peace (c) waist
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) new (b) steal (c) allowed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) cell (b) one (c) write
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) here (b) rose (c) peace
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) meat (c) mail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) hole (b) cell (c) tale
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) not (b) rose (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) heel (c) pair
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) see (b) flour (c) flu
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) there (b) brake (c) passed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) break (c) tale
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) rode (c) sail
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) one (b) know (c) pair
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) grown (b) waste (c) here
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) bury (b) won (c) piece
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) pear (b) know (c) right
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) son (b) buy (c) here
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) sell (c) heal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) right (b) peace (c) maid
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) sea (c) right
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) see (b) there (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) eight (c) missed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) road (b) tale (c) plane
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) tale (c) wait
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) dear (c) road
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) plane (b) mail (c) cell

Answer key

  1. there
  2. sea
  3. steel
  4. there
  5. flour
  6. pear
  7. new
  8. rode
  9. pair
  10. ate
  11. berry
  12. tail
  13. mist
  14. waist
  15. allowed
  16. one
  17. peace
  18. hear
  19. cell
  20. bury
  21. plane
  22. flu
  23. passed
  24. meet
  25. sea
  26. pair
  27. ate
  28. here
  29. piece
  30. right
  31. here
  32. their
  33. peace
  34. knew
  35. night
  36. bare
  37. plane
  38. week
  39. sun
  40. mail

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