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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 212 · 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 “here”? (a) peace (b) hear (c) plain
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) new (b) blue (c) bury
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) flower (b) whole (c) berry
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) heel (c) sea
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) flew (b) their (c) dear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) whole (c) flour
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) maid (b) cell (c) meet
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) buy (b) grown (c) break
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) flu (b) pair (c) past
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) blue (b) maid (c) groan
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) waste (b) peace (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) mail (b) blew (c) bury
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) bear (c) passed
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) weak (b) groan (c) plain
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) sun (b) hole (c) not
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) toe (b) their (c) piece
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) won
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) piece (b) brake (c) hear
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) weight (b) steal (c) their
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) buy (c) their
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) past (b) flew (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) male (c) plain
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) waste (b) road (c) weak
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) weight (b) tale (c) hear
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) made (c) knot
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) sail (b) see (c) bear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) toe
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) new (c) waste
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) by (b) meet (c) rose
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) sale (b) son (c) allowed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) flour (c) hole
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) blew (b) week (c) waste
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) rode (c) by
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) one (c) bury
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) cell (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) brake (b) blue (c) night
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) toe (b) steal (c) berry
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knew (b) here (c) male
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) pair (c) cell
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) won (b) sell (c) blew

Answer key

  1. hear
  2. bury
  3. whole
  4. aloud
  5. dear
  6. pair
  7. cell
  8. break
  9. pair
  10. groan
  11. peace
  12. blew
  13. meet
  14. plain
  15. hole
  16. their
  17. won
  18. hear
  19. steal
  20. pear
  21. flour
  22. buy
  23. weak
  24. tale
  25. plain
  26. see
  27. wait
  28. flower
  29. rose
  30. allowed
  31. right
  32. waste
  33. rows
  34. write
  35. tail
  36. night
  37. berry
  38. here
  39. male
  40. sell

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