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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 305 · 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 “deer”? (a) rows (b) dear (c) sea
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) bury (b) one (c) buy
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) one (b) son (c) knight
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) sell (c) past
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bare (b) weak (c) hear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) pair (b) made (c) write
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) right (b) missed (c) maid
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) week (b) plain (c) not
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) meat (b) sell (c) won
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) eight (c) grown
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) ate (b) brake (c) mail
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) their (c) sail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) won (b) there (c) peace
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) heal (b) blew (c) eight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) new (b) deer (c) allowed
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) sale (c) brake
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) right (b) flu (c) sea
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) their (b) meet (c) knew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flour (b) plain (c) hear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) made (b) plane (c) write
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) ate (b) week (c) deer
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) see (b) sell (c) waist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) tale (b) plain (c) heal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) their (b) tail (c) flower
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) weak (b) meet (c) one
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) sea (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) pear (b) mail (c) flower
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) missed (b) past (c) knew
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) break (b) meat (c) mist
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) by (c) brake
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) ate
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) not (c) brake
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) pear (b) ate (c) wait
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) tale (b) tow (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) sun
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) one (b) right (c) pair
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) weight (b) here (c) by
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) rows (b) peace (c) tale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) rows (c) sun
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) passed (b) deer (c) plain

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. buy
  3. knight
  4. bear
  5. weak
  6. write
  7. maid
  8. not
  9. won
  10. male
  11. brake
  12. rose
  13. there
  14. blew
  15. allowed
  16. pair
  17. flu
  18. knew
  19. hear
  20. plane
  21. deer
  22. sell
  23. heal
  24. tail
  25. one
  26. right
  27. flower
  28. knew
  29. meat
  30. here
  31. dear
  32. rode
  33. ate
  34. bare
  35. eight
  36. pair
  37. by
  38. tale
  39. heel
  40. plain

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