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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 207 · 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 “pair”? (a) cell (b) pear (c) male
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) past (c) eight
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) bury (b) no (c) tow
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) bear (c) there
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) sail (c) weak
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) new (b) no (c) peace
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) new (c) steal
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) rode (c) break
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) aloud (c) meet
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) week (b) write (c) son
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) bear (c) here
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) heal (b) meat (c) waste
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) not (b) grown (c) tale
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) rose (c) aloud
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) new (c) road
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) flower (b) allowed (c) tale
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) bury (c) waste
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) heal (b) hear (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) write (b) know (c) mist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) missed (c) bare
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) no (b) buy (c) knew
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) past (b) sun (c) sail
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) knew (b) eight (c) their
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) grown (c) wait
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) weak (b) piece (c) mist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) wait (b) grown (c) missed
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) one (b) hear (c) blue
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) knew (c) flour
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) plain (b) know (c) berry
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) plain (b) flu (c) past
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) eight (b) week (c) aloud
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) bear (b) heal (c) mail
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) wait (b) there (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) steal (b) pear (c) tail
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) peace (b) by (c) meat
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) past (b) rose (c) ate
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) rose (b) groan (c) wait
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) missed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) rows (b) weight (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) dear (c) no

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. here
  3. tow
  4. flew
  5. their
  6. peace
  7. write
  8. dear
  9. break
  10. son
  11. made
  12. waste
  13. grown
  14. brake
  15. buy
  16. tale
  17. flu
  18. hear
  19. mist
  20. passed
  21. knew
  22. sun
  23. their
  24. blew
  25. piece
  26. grown
  27. blue
  28. tale
  29. berry
  30. flu
  31. week
  32. mail
  33. knight
  34. tail
  35. meat
  36. ate
  37. groan
  38. heel
  39. weight
  40. blue

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