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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 219 · 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) night (b) pear (c) here
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) aloud (b) buy (c) heel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) knight (b) won (c) rose
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) peace (b) weak (c) bear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sun (b) week (c) night
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) deer (b) there (c) sail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) ate (c) see
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) plain (b) tale (c) missed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) road (b) piece (c) buy
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) dear (c) night
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) there (b) bare (c) knot
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) meet (c) rows
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) weight (b) flower (c) break
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) past (b) meat (c) knew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) waste (b) by (c) tail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) pair (b) meat (c) whole
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) dear (b) made (c) aloud
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) knot (c) flour
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) hole
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) peace (b) flew (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) sun (c) sell
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) past (b) son (c) weight
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) week (c) berry
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) weak (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) break (c) eight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) piece (b) one (c) son
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) sell (b) night (c) toe
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) groan (b) waist (c) piece
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sell (b) write (c) steel
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) meet (b) steal (c) groan
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) road (b) eight (c) whole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) toe (b) wait (c) no
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) allowed (b) tale (c) rows
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) meet (b) mail (c) waist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) rows (b) plain (c) there
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) ate (b) knew (c) peace
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) dear (b) flu (c) one
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) flour (b) knight (c) rode
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) bear (b) here (c) won
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) knew (b) peace (c) sell

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. heel
  3. rose
  4. bear
  5. night
  6. sail
  7. meet
  8. tale
  9. piece
  10. sale
  11. knot
  12. bury
  13. break
  14. meat
  15. by
  16. whole
  17. aloud
  18. dear
  19. hole
  20. flew
  21. hear
  22. son
  23. heel
  24. flour
  25. here
  26. son
  27. toe
  28. waist
  29. write
  30. groan
  31. whole
  32. no
  33. rows
  34. mail
  35. plain
  36. knew
  37. flu
  38. rode
  39. won
  40. peace

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