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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. hear
  2. rows
  3. eight
  4. weak
  5. bare
  6. sell
  7. past
  8. there
  9. right
  10. meet
  11. blew
  12. son
  13. pair
  14. plane
  15. grown
  16. past
  17. see
  18. break
  19. one
  20. not
  21. groan
  22. one
  23. see
  24. maid
  25. weak
  26. passed
  27. won
  28. flower
  29. hole
  30. dear
  31. steal
  32. male
  33. tale
  34. cell
  35. bear
  36. blue
  37. break
  38. tale
  39. allowed
  40. weight

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