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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 363 · 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 “berry”? (a) knight (b) see (c) bury
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) plane
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) bury (b) meet (c) see
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) night (c) peace
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meet (b) missed (c) new
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) deer (b) flew (c) ate
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) rose (b) blew (c) not
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) plane (c) won
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) here (c) blew
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) bury (c) write
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) tail (b) peace (c) brake
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) bear (b) pair (c) buy
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) weak (b) mist (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) hear (b) knight (c) rose
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) one (c) waste
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) past (c) flour
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) passed (c) plain
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) mail (b) sell (c) heal
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) mist (b) ate (c) pear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) weak (b) plain (c) road
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) son (b) waste (c) hole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) write (b) rose (c) plane
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) flower (b) tail (c) heal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) hole (b) buy (c) sale
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) week (b) brake (c) hear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) passed (b) sun (c) steel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) aloud (b) sun (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) past (c) bear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) steel (b) night (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) sail (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) meet (b) pair (c) weak
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) see (b) road (c) blew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) toe (b) not (c) knight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) meat (c) plain
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) blew (c) sea
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) pair (b) knot (c) knew
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) knight (c) weak
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) dear (b) passed (c) break
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) sea (b) night (c) peace
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) peace (c) week

Answer key

  1. bury
  2. bare
  3. see
  4. one
  5. new
  6. flew
  7. blew
  8. whole
  9. bury
  10. allowed
  11. brake
  12. buy
  13. sell
  14. rose
  15. passed
  16. plane
  17. bear
  18. heal
  19. pear
  20. road
  21. waste
  22. rose
  23. tail
  24. sale
  25. hear
  26. steel
  27. knot
  28. sea
  29. there
  30. grown
  31. weak
  32. road
  33. knight
  34. break
  35. weight
  36. knew
  37. flew
  38. break
  39. night
  40. their

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