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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 276 · 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 “deer”? (a) dear (b) new (c) rows
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) male (b) buy (c) no
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) rose (b) knot (c) aloud
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) toe (c) aloud
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) blue (c) steel
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) flour (b) past (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) week (c) pear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) night (c) bury
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) past (b) ate (c) blue
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) waste (b) sell (c) mail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) pear (b) mail (c) waste
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) wait (c) cell
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) waist (b) meat (c) heel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) buy (b) past (c) groan
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) write (c) one
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) sail (c) weak
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) deer (c) sell
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) plane (b) missed (c) know
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) meet (b) their (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) plane (c) dear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) bury (b) here (c) no
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) know (b) break (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) male (c) one
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) maid
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) waste (b) rode (c) mail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) mist (b) meet (c) toe
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) here (b) pair (c) heal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) pear (c) blue
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) flour (b) waste (c) bear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) mist (b) son (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) night (c) hear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) right (c) maid
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) right (b) flew (c) one
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) sail (b) rode (c) blue
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) whole (b) right (c) road
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) buy (b) knight (c) male
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) mist (c) break
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) wait (c) flower
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) one (c) night
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) bare (b) plane (c) right

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. buy
  3. knot
  4. rows
  5. heel
  6. plain
  7. waist
  8. meat
  9. blue
  10. mail
  11. waste
  12. ate
  13. meat
  14. groan
  15. know
  16. piece
  17. flu
  18. know
  19. tale
  20. knew
  21. here
  22. break
  23. missed
  24. maid
  25. rode
  26. meet
  27. heal
  28. dear
  29. bear
  30. brake
  31. weight
  32. by
  33. one
  34. blue
  35. road
  36. male
  37. sale
  38. cell
  39. flour
  40. plane

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