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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 244 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) deer
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sell (b) their (c) rows
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sea (b) their (c) flu
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) mist (b) pair (c) see
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) heal (b) ate (c) no
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) maid
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) mail (b) meet (c) write
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) by (b) no (c) knew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) plain (b) steel (c) pair
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) knew (b) write (c) mist
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sun (b) grown (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) maid (c) aloud
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) flew (b) by (c) blue
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) sail (c) night
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) write (b) aloud (c) sea
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) mail (c) week
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) rode (b) steal (c) plain
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) there (b) mail (c) piece
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) their (b) right (c) deer
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) knot (b) buy (c) mail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) made (b) rows (c) piece
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) won (c) sun
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) brake (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) knew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) rose (b) steel (c) sail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) rows (b) sell (c) flower
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) sun (b) passed (c) missed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) berry (b) night (c) bare
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) rows (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) knot (b) peace (c) pear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) right (b) plain (c) night
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) meet (b) night (c) son
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) heel (b) made (c) dear
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) brake (b) sea (c) sail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) here (c) missed
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) flew (b) ate (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) won (b) tale (c) there
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) steel (c) by
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) eight (b) see (c) meet

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. their
  3. their
  4. groan
  5. pair
  6. no
  7. flew
  8. meet
  9. knew
  10. steel
  11. write
  12. grown
  13. tail
  14. blue
  15. eight
  16. sea
  17. waste
  18. plain
  19. piece
  20. right
  21. mail
  22. rows
  23. hear
  24. knot
  25. missed
  26. steel
  27. sell
  28. missed
  29. night
  30. know
  31. pear
  32. plain
  33. son
  34. dear
  35. sea
  36. buy
  37. pair
  38. tale
  39. knot
  40. see

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