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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 209 · 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 “pear”? (a) sell (b) toe (c) pair
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) bury (b) rose (c) right
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) break (b) groan (c) meat
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) past (b) know (c) berry
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) tow (b) write (c) sea
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) weight (b) steal (c) no
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) aloud (b) write (c) ate
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) meet (b) tail (c) knew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) night (b) steel (c) buy
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) wait (b) dear (c) grown
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) grown (c) male
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) grown (b) not (c) berry
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) there (b) mist (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) peace (b) mist (c) sea
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) passed (b) cell (c) break
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) meat (b) night (c) passed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) there (b) heal (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rode (b) son (c) here
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) made (b) tail (c) flew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) heal (c) won
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) eight (b) pair (c) rode
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) pair (b) mist (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) week (b) blew (c) waste
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) their (b) dear (c) bear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) groan (b) past (c) steal
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) buy (b) maid (c) won
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) won (b) break (c) sea
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) berry
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) right (b) hole (c) sail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) by
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) aloud (b) buy (c) tale
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) not (b) meet (c) sell
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) meat (b) mist (c) night
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) road (c) night
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) knight (c) son
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) by (b) won (c) eight
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) tow
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) steel (b) sea (c) sun
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sell (c) flour
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) write (c) son

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. right
  3. meat
  4. know
  5. write
  6. no
  7. write
  8. knew
  9. buy
  10. grown
  11. sell
  12. berry
  13. mist
  14. sea
  15. break
  16. passed
  17. heal
  18. son
  19. flew
  20. flower
  21. pair
  22. son
  23. blew
  24. dear
  25. steal
  26. won
  27. sea
  28. berry
  29. sail
  30. passed
  31. tale
  32. meet
  33. night
  34. waste
  35. there
  36. won
  37. blue
  38. sun
  39. weak
  40. waist

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