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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 419 · 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 “bury”? (a) aloud (b) berry (c) break
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) sail (b) flu (c) peace
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) no (b) pair (c) buy
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) bury (c) blue
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) meet (b) new (c) week
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) road (b) meat (c) flew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) tow (b) aloud (c) rode
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) one (b) made (c) piece
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) missed (b) break (c) maid
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) blew (c) bury
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) hear (b) one (c) there
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) sale (c) flour
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) plane (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sale (b) wait (c) cell
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) rose (c) flour
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) eight (b) sail (c) heal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) ate (b) hear (c) male
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) waste (b) male (c) by
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) weight (c) hole
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) eight (b) sell (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) there (c) waist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) know (c) sell
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) knew (b) steel (c) peace
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) there (b) cell (c) flew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) no (b) allowed (c) steel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) passed (b) tale (c) berry
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) right (c) not
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) deer (b) bare (c) sail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) pear (c) sell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) aloud (b) not (c) tow
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) right (c) bear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rows (b) grown (c) son
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) peace (b) night (c) hole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) deer (b) heal (c) won
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) tale (b) sale (c) male
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) know (b) hear (c) missed
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) wait (b) mail (c) knew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) past (b) sell (c) steal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) made (b) right (c) flower

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. flu
  3. buy
  4. their
  5. new
  6. flew
  7. bury
  8. aloud
  9. piece
  10. maid
  11. heel
  12. there
  13. meet
  14. rose
  15. wait
  16. tow
  17. sail
  18. hear
  19. male
  20. not
  21. whole
  22. sea
  23. knight
  24. peace
  25. cell
  26. steel
  27. tale
  28. brake
  29. sail
  30. heel
  31. tow
  32. deer
  33. son
  34. hole
  35. won
  36. male
  37. missed
  38. knew
  39. steal
  40. flower

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