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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 331 · 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 “past”? (a) wait (b) passed (c) see
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pair (b) blue (c) tow
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) knot (b) allowed (c) ate
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) hear (b) bare (c) passed
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) there (b) knot (c) break
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) break (b) their (c) mist
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) weight (b) hear (c) know
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) aloud (b) sea (c) sail
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) dear (b) one (c) hear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) flu (c) whole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) sale (b) groan (c) break
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) tale (b) pear (c) piece
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) maid (c) steal
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) made (b) dear (c) not
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) piece (c) steal
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bear (b) there (c) no
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) waste (c) plane
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) past (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) flour (b) rode (c) their
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) plane (b) there (c) peace
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) tow (b) there (c) mist
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) one (b) deer (c) sun
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) son (c) right
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) there (c) pair
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) toe (b) pear (c) son
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) cell (c) blew
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flour (b) blue (c) brake
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) their (b) groan (c) plane
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) eight (c) dear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) rose (b) meet (c) sun
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) right (b) heal (c) berry
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) ate (b) know (c) write
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) their (b) steal (c) new
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) pear (b) one (c) heal
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) steel (b) flu (c) by
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) heel (b) sun (c) groan
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) peace (b) know (c) male
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) steal (c) whole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) meat (b) rose (c) sea
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) weight (b) flew (c) deer

Answer key

  1. passed
  2. blue
  3. allowed
  4. bare
  5. break
  6. their
  7. know
  8. sea
  9. one
  10. meet
  11. groan
  12. pear
  13. by
  14. dear
  15. right
  16. there
  17. bury
  18. new
  19. rode
  20. peace
  21. there
  22. deer
  23. dear
  24. blew
  25. pear
  26. aloud
  27. brake
  28. plane
  29. grown
  30. meet
  31. heal
  32. write
  33. new
  34. heal
  35. flu
  36. sun
  37. male
  38. bear
  39. sea
  40. flew

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