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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 392 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) by (c) ate
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) flower (c) hole
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) heel (c) waste
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) meet (c) right
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) rode (b) meat (c) brake
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) sun (c) ate
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) past (b) sun (c) weight
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sea (b) brake (c) piece
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) here (c) rows
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) rose (b) toe (c) week
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) week (b) rode (c) knew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) blew (b) here (c) tale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) hear (b) peace (c) see
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) sell (b) piece (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) rows (b) break (c) steel
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) missed (b) waste (c) flower
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) bear (c) flower
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) night (c) heel
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) wait (b) meet (c) tail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) knew (b) brake (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) peace (c) hole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) rode (c) sell
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) toe (b) groan (c) rode
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) aloud (c) know
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) meat (b) past (c) pair
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) missed (c) blue
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) dear (b) one (c) toe
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) mist (b) bury (c) weak
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) see (b) flour (c) passed
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) dear (b) made (c) blew
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) here (b) eight (c) meet
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) wait (b) eight (c) week
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) by (b) hole (c) pear
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) dear (c) flower
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) male (b) deer (c) berry
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) sun (b) plain (c) past
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) cell (b) passed (c) blue
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) waist (c) plain
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) sail (c) no
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) sell (b) dear (c) steel

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. bear
  3. flour
  4. groan
  5. meat
  6. made
  7. weight
  8. piece
  9. right
  10. week
  11. knew
  12. tale
  13. see
  14. piece
  15. steel
  16. waste
  17. there
  18. pear
  19. tail
  20. brake
  21. write
  22. tale
  23. rode
  24. past
  25. pair
  26. passed
  27. one
  28. bury
  29. flour
  30. blew
  31. eight
  32. week
  33. hole
  34. not
  35. deer
  36. plain
  37. passed
  38. sun
  39. there
  40. dear

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