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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 408 · 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 “bare”? (a) bear (b) waist (c) hear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sell (b) eight (c) plain
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) eight (c) week
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) write (b) aloud (c) mist
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) meat (b) toe (c) buy
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) piece (c) tow
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) flour (b) son (c) night
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) by (b) missed (c) week
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) dear (b) wait (c) no
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) male (b) new (c) piece
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) road (c) plain
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) road (b) cell (c) their
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) toe (b) brake (c) deer
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) missed (c) hole
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) blue (b) pear (c) bury
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) groan (c) right
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) no (b) write (c) bear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sell (b) eight (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) plain (c) tale
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) tail (c) sun
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) flour
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) passed (b) brake (c) waist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) cell (c) bury
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) berry (c) tow
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) see (b) toe (c) flu
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) meet (b) break (c) flew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) missed (b) bare (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) not (c) dear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) bear (c) one
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) buy (b) flu (c) waist
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) won (c) rode
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) mist (b) sun (c) there
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) blew (b) by (c) berry
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) night (b) tale (c) write
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) piece (b) know (c) there
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) missed (b) pair (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) ate
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) by (b) ate (c) allowed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) rose (b) new (c) no
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) here (b) road (c) blue

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. plain
  3. not
  4. mist
  5. buy
  6. break
  7. son
  8. missed
  9. no
  10. piece
  11. see
  12. cell
  13. deer
  14. know
  15. bury
  16. mist
  17. bear
  18. flour
  19. weight
  20. past
  21. flour
  22. waist
  23. weak
  24. pear
  25. toe
  26. flew
  27. knew
  28. by
  29. rose
  30. flu
  31. knot
  32. sun
  33. by
  34. write
  35. there
  36. pair
  37. aloud
  38. allowed
  39. no
  40. blue

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