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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. see
  2. bury
  3. knew
  4. waste
  5. deer
  6. no
  7. see
  8. here
  9. mist
  10. knot
  11. son
  12. new
  13. maid
  14. rows
  15. one
  16. piece
  17. hear
  18. weight
  19. ate
  20. there
  21. write
  22. cell
  23. tail
  24. weak
  25. waist
  26. tow
  27. road
  28. pear
  29. sea
  30. hear
  31. maid
  32. aloud
  33. right
  34. rose
  35. flour
  36. blew
  37. rode
  38. grown
  39. know
  40. peace

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