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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 280 · 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 “hear”? (a) not (b) wait (c) here
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) steal (c) allowed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) son (b) week (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sun (b) heel (c) grown
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) rose (b) not (c) flu
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) know (b) pair (c) brake
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) deer (b) aloud (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) meet (b) past (c) rode
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) eight (b) wait (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) passed (b) brake (c) by
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) grown (b) there (c) dear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) bare (c) new
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) son (b) won (c) pair
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) sea (c) there
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) eight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) sea (b) right (c) pear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) see (b) flu (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) waist (c) one
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) here
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) allowed (c) berry
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) past (b) missed (c) berry
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) eight (b) mist (c) wait
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) by (b) tail (c) brake
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) not (c) hole
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) hear (b) right (c) new
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) dear (c) waste
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) knight (b) missed (c) maid
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) waist (c) road
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) hole (c) meet
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) steel (b) tale (c) brake
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) sail (b) knot (c) bury
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) eight (c) berry
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) heal (b) know (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) plane (c) wait
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) pair (b) allowed (c) made
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) heel (b) right (c) no
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) son (c) wait
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) meet (b) past (c) aloud
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) made (b) pair (c) heel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) mail (b) sail (c) buy

Answer key

  1. here
  2. see
  3. week
  4. grown
  5. not
  6. brake
  7. aloud
  8. rode
  9. missed
  10. by
  11. dear
  12. their
  13. pair
  14. cell
  15. eight
  16. right
  17. blue
  18. hear
  19. ate
  20. sale
  21. berry
  22. wait
  23. tail
  24. plane
  25. new
  26. allowed
  27. maid
  28. flower
  29. missed
  30. brake
  31. bury
  32. waist
  33. know
  34. week
  35. allowed
  36. no
  37. bear
  38. past
  39. heel
  40. buy

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