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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 199 · 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 “meet”? (a) weak (b) know (c) meat
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) peace (b) see (c) pear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) buy (b) no (c) hear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) cell (b) tail (c) mist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) dear (b) groan (c) tale
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) here (b) plain (c) heel
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) right (c) not
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) rode (b) blew (c) rows
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) peace (c) male
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) male (b) meet (c) waste
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) there (b) see (c) won
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) pear (c) flu
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) allowed (b) made (c) tale
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) buy (b) bear (c) sun
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) night (c) there
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) whole (c) break
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) toe (b) weight (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) peace (b) brake (c) one
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) waste (b) hole (c) write
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) right (c) sea
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) steal (b) there (c) peace
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) tow (c) deer
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) knight (b) heel (c) grown
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) hole (b) see (c) week
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) allowed (b) bear (c) brake
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) won (b) write (c) steel
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) won (b) pair (c) plain
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) blew (b) new (c) eight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) here (c) missed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) brake (c) sun
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) sun (b) rode (c) meat
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) plane (b) toe (c) grown
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) peace (b) plane (c) heel
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) mail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) mail (b) pair (c) cell
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) one (b) flu (c) sale
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) flour (b) mist (c) knight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) knew (b) eight (c) see
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) hear (b) cell (c) buy
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) made (b) week (c) sale

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. pear
  3. no
  4. tail
  5. tale
  6. heel
  7. pair
  8. blew
  9. grown
  10. meet
  11. see
  12. know
  13. tale
  14. bear
  15. know
  16. knot
  17. weight
  18. brake
  19. write
  20. road
  21. there
  22. bury
  23. grown
  24. week
  25. brake
  26. steel
  27. plain
  28. new
  29. pear
  30. wait
  31. rode
  32. toe
  33. plane
  34. meet
  35. pair
  36. flu
  37. knight
  38. see
  39. buy
  40. week

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