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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 386 · 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 “blew”? (a) pear (b) piece (c) blue
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) eight (b) buy (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) made (b) road (c) sail
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) past (c) buy
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) won (c) mist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) know (b) past (c) made
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) meat (b) male (c) won
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) allowed (b) rows (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) hear (b) sell (c) made
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) waste (c) mist
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) blue (c) plane
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) rows (b) mist (c) knot
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) buy (c) mist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) sea (b) here (c) bury
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) bury (b) sail (c) plane
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) male (b) heal (c) plane
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) plain (b) eight (c) not
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) allowed (b) weight (c) right
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) write
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) right (b) piece (c) tail
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) mail (b) break (c) weak
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) deer
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) tail (b) blue (c) meet
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) rode (b) bare (c) knight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) tale (b) passed (c) here
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) weight (b) brake (c) by
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) tail (b) pear (c) blue
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) allowed (c) hear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) waste (b) rode (c) by
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) sun (b) no (c) groan
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) bury (c) hear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) sell (b) made (c) week
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) male (b) road (c) bare
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) blue (c) night
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) eight (b) bear (c) berry
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) break (b) sun (c) allowed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) blue (b) plane (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) aloud (b) steal (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) see
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) bare (c) knight

Answer key

  1. blue
  2. pair
  3. sail
  4. no
  5. sun
  6. past
  7. won
  8. eight
  9. sell
  10. mail
  11. weight
  12. knot
  13. right
  14. bury
  15. plane
  16. heal
  17. not
  18. weight
  19. write
  20. piece
  21. weak
  22. waist
  23. meet
  24. knight
  25. passed
  26. brake
  27. pear
  28. dear
  29. by
  30. no
  31. passed
  32. week
  33. bare
  34. here
  35. bear
  36. sun
  37. pair
  38. steal
  39. bury
  40. brake

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