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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 323 · 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 “bury”? (a) week (b) rose (c) berry
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) ate (b) no (c) bare
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) meat (c) berry
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) blue (c) sail
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) tow (b) heal (c) grown
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) heel (b) plane (c) toe
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) son (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) rose
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) see (b) missed (c) here
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) brake (b) week (c) flower
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) knew (c) maid
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) berry (b) peace (c) heel
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) waste (b) sale (c) won
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) rode (b) male (c) by
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) knew (c) plain
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) flower (c) rows
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) waist (c) allowed
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) toe (b) groan (c) past
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) blue (c) right
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) cell (c) plane
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) steal (b) bury (c) weight
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) by (b) rows (c) break
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) bury (b) passed (c) flour
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) made (b) hear (c) cell
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) brake (c) steel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) mist (b) flew (c) bear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) waist (b) wait (c) aloud
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) dear (c) here
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) missed (b) here (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) right (c) buy
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) flu (c) tail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) buy (b) missed (c) flu
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) flour (b) son (c) pair
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) their
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) meet (c) by
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) eight (b) tail (c) flour
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) bury (b) meat (c) rode
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) deer (c) sail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) blew (b) cell (c) mail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) mist (b) flu (c) meat

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. bare
  3. by
  4. steal
  5. heal
  6. toe
  7. ate
  8. hear
  9. here
  10. flower
  11. week
  12. heel
  13. sale
  14. male
  15. knight
  16. waist
  17. blew
  18. groan
  19. sun
  20. eight
  21. bury
  22. rows
  23. passed
  24. cell
  25. past
  26. bear
  27. aloud
  28. right
  29. here
  30. buy
  31. plain
  32. flu
  33. pair
  34. tale
  35. maid
  36. flour
  37. meat
  38. peace
  39. cell
  40. meat

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