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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 217 · 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) missed (b) pear (c) plane
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) waste (c) sail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) aloud (b) meat (c) steel
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) meat (b) pair (c) week
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) sun (b) whole (c) maid
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) flour (b) plain (c) aloud
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) waste (b) right (c) flu
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) male (b) no (c) sun
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) sale (b) deer (c) know
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) bear (c) sun
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) knight (c) missed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) new (b) dear (c) blue
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) break (b) allowed (c) pair
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) meat (b) flour (c) groan
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) right (b) their (c) steel
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) brake (b) pair (c) bury
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) bear (b) allowed (c) week
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) by (b) rows (c) made
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) flower (b) sale (c) weak
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) mail (b) heal (c) brake
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) rode (c) tow
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) bury (b) knot (c) waste
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) berry (b) deer (c) sale
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) piece (b) tale (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) dear (b) rode (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) break (b) tail (c) mail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) steal (b) missed (c) there
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) meet (b) no (c) aloud
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) steel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) won (c) heal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) peace (b) missed (c) no
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) meet (c) weak
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) here (b) tow (c) rows
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) missed (b) allowed (c) hole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) rode (b) there (c) made
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) bear (c) plane
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) not (c) rose
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) passed (c) hole
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) weight (b) son (c) past
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) male (c) sun

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. one
  3. meat
  4. pair
  5. whole
  6. plain
  7. flu
  8. no
  9. deer
  10. piece
  11. berry
  12. blue
  13. allowed
  14. groan
  15. their
  16. pair
  17. week
  18. rows
  19. weak
  20. brake
  21. berry
  22. knot
  23. sale
  24. sea
  25. rode
  26. mail
  27. there
  28. no
  29. hole
  30. sun
  31. missed
  32. aloud
  33. rows
  34. allowed
  35. made
  36. passed
  37. mail
  38. waist
  39. son
  40. flew

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