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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 282 · 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 “plain”? (a) groan (b) plane (c) pair
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) break (b) one (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) rode (b) groan (c) knight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) heal (c) not
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) meat (b) wait (c) sale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) tale (b) their (c) sea
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) grown
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) dear (b) waist (c) rode
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) waist (b) male (c) toe
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) brake (b) cell (c) heal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) sea (c) piece
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) no
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) one (b) whole (c) week
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) sea (b) toe (c) here
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) bear
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) eight (b) meat (c) mist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) mail (b) bare (c) passed
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) groan (c) knight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) past (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) pear (b) hear (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) knight (b) knot (c) heel
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) eight (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) hear (b) write (c) steal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) grown (c) sea
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) blew (b) there (c) meat
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) wait (b) by (c) heel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) flew (c) tail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) flower (b) missed (c) bear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) plain (b) flu (c) weight
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) allowed (b) dear (c) waist
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) one (c) steal
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) knot (b) steal (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) made (c) here
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) waist (b) week (c) flour
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) rode (b) weight (c) blew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) knight (b) blue (c) peace
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) hear (b) sun (c) blue
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) sun (c) rose
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) berry (b) hear (c) steal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) plain (b) meet (c) sun

Answer key

  1. plane
  2. pair
  3. groan
  4. eight
  5. sale
  6. sea
  7. grown
  8. waist
  9. toe
  10. heal
  11. blew
  12. missed
  13. whole
  14. toe
  15. plain
  16. mist
  17. passed
  18. deer
  19. sell
  20. bury
  21. heel
  22. won
  23. write
  24. sale
  25. there
  26. by
  27. ate
  28. bear
  29. flu
  30. dear
  31. sun
  32. steal
  33. know
  34. flour
  35. weight
  36. peace
  37. blue
  38. tow
  39. steal
  40. sun

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