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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 291 · 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) peace (b) missed (c) bare
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) rows (b) male (c) allowed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) hear (b) heal (c) right
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) hear (b) road (c) rows
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) dear (b) meet (c) past
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) male (c) meat
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) hear (b) plain (c) tail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) mail (b) rose (c) by
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) aloud (c) wait
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) plain (b) ate (c) their
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) knight (b) passed (c) sun
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) by (c) hear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sea (b) rode (c) tale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) sail (b) their (c) rose
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) flu (c) plane
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) waist (c) pear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) flour (c) mist
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) tail (b) plain (c) past
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) berry (b) grown (c) sell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) eight (b) tail (c) rode
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) brake (b) one (c) piece
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) knew (b) wait (c) here
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) made (b) knot (c) road
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) dear (c) berry
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) see (c) peace
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flower (b) cell (c) maid
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) deer (c) sell
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) meat (b) past (c) dear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) whole (b) sell (c) mist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) dear (b) flu (c) grown
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) mist (c) sell
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) bare (b) pair (c) peace
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) deer (c) blue
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) plain (b) ate (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) week (b) blew (c) waste
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) buy (b) groan (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) see (b) hole (c) blew
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) buy (b) sale (c) one
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) berry (b) wait (c) mist
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) brake (b) blew (c) heel

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. allowed
  3. heal
  4. rows
  5. meet
  6. grown
  7. tail
  8. by
  9. bear
  10. their
  11. passed
  12. plain
  13. tale
  14. rose
  15. knot
  16. berry
  17. knight
  18. plain
  19. grown
  20. rode
  21. one
  22. here
  23. road
  24. flu
  25. flower
  26. maid
  27. flew
  28. dear
  29. sell
  30. flu
  31. peace
  32. pair
  33. new
  34. ate
  35. waste
  36. there
  37. blew
  38. sale
  39. wait
  40. heel

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