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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 316 · 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 “berry”? (a) meet (b) night (c) bury
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) knot (b) allowed (c) meet
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) waist (b) hear (c) toe
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) bare (b) by (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) peace (b) sail (c) flour
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) blue (b) ate (c) grown
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) not (b) cell (c) pair
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) pair (b) rose (c) missed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) their (b) write (c) here
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) rode (c) aloud
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) won (b) grown (c) bury
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flew (b) write (c) steel
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) ate (b) bear (c) pair
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) sale (c) steel
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) flew (b) knot (c) rose
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) not (c) their
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) hole (c) weight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) waist (b) peace (c) wait
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) missed (c) buy
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flour (b) steel (c) mail
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) by (b) heal (c) tow
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sell (b) flour (c) male
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) sun (b) heal (c) knot
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) tow (b) night (c) flew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) ate (b) steel (c) sale
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) mail (b) hole (c) dear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) tail (b) waist (c) buy
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) no (b) waste (c) plain
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sell (b) weak (c) won
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) brake (b) piece (c) new
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) bear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) pear (b) whole (c) week
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) plane (b) blue (c) bear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) made (b) one (c) flour
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) allowed (b) bare (c) heel
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sell (b) plain (c) night
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) rows (b) eight (c) see
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sea (c) allowed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) flour (b) write (c) buy
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) male (b) tow (c) road

Answer key

  1. bury
  2. allowed
  3. hear
  4. by
  5. flour
  6. ate
  7. cell
  8. missed
  9. write
  10. won
  11. grown
  12. write
  13. pair
  14. piece
  15. rose
  16. sea
  17. waste
  18. peace
  19. bury
  20. mail
  21. tow
  22. male
  23. heal
  24. night
  25. sale
  26. dear
  27. buy
  28. waste
  29. weak
  30. piece
  31. bear
  32. week
  33. bear
  34. flour
  35. heel
  36. plain
  37. eight
  38. weak
  39. buy
  40. road

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