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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 208 · 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 “sun”? (a) son (b) there (c) bare
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sea (b) groan (c) made
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) bear (b) past (c) steal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) deer (c) waist
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) there (c) pair
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) knot (b) berry (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) groan (b) bury (c) knight
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) right (b) tail (c) son
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) won (b) groan (c) hear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) pair (b) allowed (c) bare
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) eight (b) tale (c) bear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flour (b) eight (c) road
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) plain (b) knight (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) new (b) deer (c) rows
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) no (b) tow (c) write
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) berry (b) groan (c) one
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) week (b) bare (c) pear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) hole (c) waste
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) maid (c) bury
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) write (c) sell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) wait (b) bury (c) right
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) flour (c) hole
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) mail (c) tail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) steel (b) rode (c) plane
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) cell (b) hole (c) deer
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) whole (c) tow
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) groan (b) wait (c) passed
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) waste (c) male
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) aloud (c) heel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) week (b) sea (c) cell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) waste (b) their (c) pair
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) bare (b) flower (c) peace
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) by (b) flour (c) knot
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) cell (c) tail
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) sail (b) not (c) flu
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) blew (b) week (c) see
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) brake (b) no (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) pair (b) allowed (c) week
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) by (b) right (c) bear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) here (b) buy (c) road

Answer key

  1. son
  2. groan
  3. past
  4. toe
  5. male
  6. berry
  7. knight
  8. son
  9. groan
  10. allowed
  11. bear
  12. eight
  13. knight
  14. deer
  15. write
  16. one
  17. pear
  18. passed
  19. rose
  20. by
  21. bury
  22. right
  23. rode
  24. plane
  25. deer
  26. flu
  27. passed
  28. here
  29. road
  30. sea
  31. their
  32. peace
  33. knot
  34. wait
  35. not
  36. week
  37. berry
  38. week
  39. bear
  40. road

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