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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 298 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) passed (b) here (c) bear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) peace (b) wait (c) knew
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) flew (b) knot (c) bury
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) flew (c) whole
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) blue (c) road
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) new (b) allowed (c) rode
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) flower (b) hole (c) sell
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) groan (b) sun (c) weak
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) rose
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) knight (b) whole (c) peace
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) dear (b) know (c) new
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) plain (c) missed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) son (b) knight (c) waste
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) flour (c) eight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) blue (b) week (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) knight (b) past (c) flew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) night (b) know (c) won
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) berry (c) no
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) hear (b) not (c) blew
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) allowed (b) tow (c) right
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) hear (c) mist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) tale (b) pear (c) hole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) there (c) blue
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) mail (b) knight (c) ate
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flu (b) mail (c) steel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) one (c) bear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) mail (c) knew
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) aloud (b) flew (c) plane
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) brake (b) sail (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) maid (c) son
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) road (c) pear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) write (b) eight (c) blue
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) plane (c) buy
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) here (b) bury (c) maid
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) weak (b) waist (c) heal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) buy (b) weak (c) whole
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) no (b) night (c) maid
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) pair (b) piece (c) son
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) there (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) meet (b) tail (c) not

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. knew
  3. knot
  4. there
  5. sale
  6. rode
  7. hole
  8. sun
  9. rose
  10. peace
  11. know
  12. hole
  13. waste
  14. brake
  15. week
  16. past
  17. won
  18. groan
  19. blew
  20. tow
  21. steal
  22. pear
  23. see
  24. knight
  25. steel
  26. waste
  27. eight
  28. flew
  29. sail
  30. here
  31. past
  32. blue
  33. tow
  34. bury
  35. heal
  36. weak
  37. maid
  38. piece
  39. write
  40. tail

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