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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 289 · 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 “bear”? (a) bare (b) by (c) cell
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) sell (c) no
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) sail (c) male
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) knight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) tail (b) blue (c) toe
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) pear (c) road
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) brake (b) waist (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) ate (c) week
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) new (b) blew (c) write
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) heel (b) passed (c) their
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) plain (c) ate
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) waste (b) their (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) cell (c) steel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) hole (b) rose (c) bury
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) allowed (b) waste (c) blue
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) pear (b) waist (c) new
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) mail (c) new
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) heal (c) blue
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) peace (b) groan (c) waist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) weak (b) son (c) hear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) bury (b) flour (c) eight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) sale (b) sell (c) weight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) right (c) male
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) male (b) flower (c) tail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) heel (b) one (c) bare
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) by (b) eight (c) steal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) peace (b) flower (c) no
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) hole (b) weight (c) dear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) pear (c) knight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) pear (b) blue (c) heal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) here (b) know (c) knight
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) sail (b) buy (c) brake
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) flour (c) no
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) toe (b) their (c) sun
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) whole (c) meat
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) made (b) grown (c) aloud
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) allowed (b) male (c) bear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) plain
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) made
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) buy (c) there

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. flu
  3. their
  4. rose
  5. toe
  6. meat
  7. groan
  8. steel
  9. blew
  10. passed
  11. mail
  12. night
  13. pair
  14. bury
  15. waste
  16. new
  17. bury
  18. wait
  19. groan
  20. son
  21. flour
  22. weight
  23. deer
  24. flower
  25. one
  26. eight
  27. no
  28. dear
  29. break
  30. heal
  31. know
  32. buy
  33. write
  34. sun
  35. pear
  36. grown
  37. bear
  38. plain
  39. rode
  40. hear

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