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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 311 · 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 “know”? (a) mist (b) no (c) bear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) mail (b) blue (c) bare
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) dear (b) week (c) mist
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) steel (b) see (c) passed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) meat (b) heel (c) knight
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sea (c) night
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) bear (b) peace (c) weight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) berry (b) week (c) rows
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) wait (b) tail (c) past
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) their (b) deer (c) tail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) night (b) steel (c) waste
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) sea (b) allowed (c) whole
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) hole (b) not (c) mail
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) rode (b) flu (c) steal
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) plain (c) knew
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) not (b) ate (c) flu
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) know (b) aloud (c) here
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) bear (b) knot (c) blew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) flower (b) peace (c) aloud
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) one (c) ate
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) maid (b) bury (c) new
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) flour (b) meet (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) not (c) aloud
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) sale (c) flour
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) write (b) knight (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) know (b) rode (c) plane
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) know (c) deer
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) tail (c) there
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) male (b) their (c) waist
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) mail (b) buy (c) steal
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) sell (b) steal (c) missed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) wait (b) toe (c) rose
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) rose (b) by (c) road
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) plane (c) see
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) won
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) there (b) sun (c) ate
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) hole (b) rows (c) sun
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) dear (b) night (c) groan
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) berry (b) tale (c) bear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) bury (b) flour (c) past

Answer key

  1. no
  2. bare
  3. mist
  4. passed
  5. heel
  6. one
  7. weight
  8. rows
  9. past
  10. deer
  11. waste
  12. allowed
  13. mail
  14. steal
  15. made
  16. flu
  17. here
  18. knot
  19. aloud
  20. bear
  21. bury
  22. meet
  23. heal
  24. waist
  25. knight
  26. plane
  27. made
  28. deer
  29. their
  30. buy
  31. steal
  32. rose
  33. by
  34. write
  35. sea
  36. ate
  37. sun
  38. groan
  39. tale
  40. past

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