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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 193 · 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 “here”? (a) wait (b) bare (c) hear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) pair (b) rose (c) know
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) male (b) peace (c) cell
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) by (c) maid
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) not (c) dear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) hole
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) eight (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) by
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) dear (c) steal
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) tail (b) waste (c) made
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sell (b) sea (c) groan
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) tow (c) see
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) blue
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) pear (b) road (c) passed
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) eight (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) piece (b) bear (c) flu
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) peace (b) steel (c) rose
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) hear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) cell (b) knot (c) write
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) blew (c) no
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) wait (b) by (c) steal
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) steal (b) sell (c) won
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) week (b) tale (c) break
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) male (b) flour (c) write
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) mist (c) flower
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) rode (b) one (c) buy
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) hear (b) toe (c) flour
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) knight (b) male (c) waist
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) passed (b) sea (c) piece
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) sail (c) write
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) male (b) grown (c) tail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) rows (b) won (c) deer
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) mail (b) sun (c) ate
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) tail (b) break (c) berry
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) know (b) bear (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) flew (c) right
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) buy (c) sea
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) break (b) meet (c) flew
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) no (b) week (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) by (b) sea (c) blew

Answer key

  1. hear
  2. know
  3. cell
  4. eight
  5. break
  6. bare
  7. sail
  8. by
  9. blew
  10. made
  11. sea
  12. flew
  13. deer
  14. passed
  15. new
  16. flu
  17. rose
  18. hear
  19. knot
  20. allowed
  21. by
  22. sell
  23. tale
  24. write
  25. won
  26. one
  27. flour
  28. male
  29. sea
  30. not
  31. grown
  32. deer
  33. ate
  34. berry
  35. bear
  36. rode
  37. missed
  38. meet
  39. here
  40. blew

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