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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 281 · 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 “eight”? (a) grown (b) bear (c) ate
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) their (b) flew (c) won
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rose (b) sun (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flour (b) new (c) meet
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sell (b) tow (c) know
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) knot (b) bear (c) waist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) rode (b) pear (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) peace (b) no (c) see
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) blue (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) mist (c) flour
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) bury (c) dear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) see (b) made (c) missed
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) flu (c) pair
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) new (b) missed (c) mail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) see (b) wait (c) no
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) grown (b) weight (c) meat
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) brake (c) bury
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) berry (c) won
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) buy (c) steel
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) by
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) past (b) rode (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) whole (c) plane
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) made
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blew (b) tow (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) passed (b) road (c) bear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) waist (c) sale
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) blew (b) sell (c) berry
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) ate (b) deer (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) plain (b) passed (c) sun
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) steel (b) break (c) whole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) road (c) see
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) hole (c) buy
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) heal (b) road (c) plane
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) blew (b) no (c) brake
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) knew (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) hole (c) wait
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) new (c) male
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) break (b) pair (c) sell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) waist (b) past (c) toe
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) there (b) peace (c) not

Answer key

  1. ate
  2. won
  3. sun
  4. new
  5. know
  6. bear
  7. pear
  8. no
  9. maid
  10. here
  11. week
  12. missed
  13. deer
  14. mail
  15. wait
  16. meat
  17. write
  18. steal
  19. right
  20. flour
  21. wait
  22. allowed
  23. hear
  24. cell
  25. bear
  26. see
  27. berry
  28. pair
  29. sun
  30. whole
  31. steel
  32. plain
  33. plane
  34. brake
  35. ate
  36. heal
  37. eight
  38. sell
  39. past
  40. peace

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