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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 248 · 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) pair (b) by (c) one
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) pair (b) bear (c) bury
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) brake (b) plane (c) son
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) break (b) groan (c) there
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) aloud
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) passed (b) grown (c) break
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) rose (b) knot (c) whole
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) wait (c) waist
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) aloud (b) write (c) dear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) new (c) flu
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) whole (b) past (c) knot
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) tow (c) past
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) meat (c) hear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) one (b) meet (c) not
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) flew (b) tail (c) knot
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) road (b) piece (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) rows (b) see (c) sail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) right (b) not (c) hear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) cell (b) sun (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) sell (b) made (c) pair
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) weak (c) here
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) berry (b) eight (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) hole (c) bury
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) write (b) road (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) waist (b) male (c) sea
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) mail (c) mist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) son (b) blue (c) rows
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) write (c) their
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) deer
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) toe (b) there (c) one
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) knot (b) rose (c) road
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) steal (c) sea
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) by (b) meet (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) knot (c) by
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) new (c) weak
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) meet (b) steel (c) made
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) flu (b) whole (c) won
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) made (c) pear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) heal (c) pear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) blue (b) passed (c) there

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. bury
  3. plane
  4. there
  5. here
  6. break
  7. knot
  8. buy
  9. write
  10. sell
  11. knot
  12. sail
  13. blew
  14. not
  15. tail
  16. one
  17. see
  18. hear
  19. sun
  20. pair
  21. meat
  22. sea
  23. week
  24. knight
  25. male
  26. won
  27. rows
  28. rose
  29. deer
  30. there
  31. road
  32. wait
  33. knight
  34. sea
  35. plain
  36. steel
  37. whole
  38. groan
  39. their
  40. passed

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