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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 43 · 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 “right”? (a) write (b) flower (c) bare
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) tail (b) mist (c) bury
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) sun (b) ate (c) right
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) toe (b) grown (c) pear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) peace (c) blew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) berry (c) not
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) waste (b) pear (c) meat
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) weak (b) toe (c) bear
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) heal (b) mist (c) flour
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) son (b) waist (c) tale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) road (b) eight (c) waist
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) blue (b) flu (c) know
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) grown (b) peace (c) sell
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) steal (b) ate (c) one
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) male (c) here
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) flew (b) groan (c) rows
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) groan (b) past (c) piece
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) sail (b) groan (c) buy
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) male (b) weak (c) heal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) waist (b) sea (c) flower
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) dear (b) steel (c) road
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) grown (b) weak (c) ate
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) groan (b) dear (c) eight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) passed (b) heel (c) their
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) flew
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) blew (c) tail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) sale (b) sun (c) cell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) son (b) bare (c) sea
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) whole (b) eight (c) their
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) write (b) deer (c) passed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) past (b) see (c) sun
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) flower (b) blew (c) grown
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) sun (b) tail (c) missed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) new (b) pair (c) allowed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) tow (c) eight
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) blue (b) knew (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) blew (b) one (c) groan
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) heal (b) steel (c) dear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) made (b) flower (c) rode
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) grown (b) hole (c) toe

Answer key

  1. write
  2. bury
  3. right
  4. grown
  5. brake
  6. blew
  7. pear
  8. bear
  9. mist
  10. tale
  11. eight
  12. flu
  13. peace
  14. ate
  15. ate
  16. rows
  17. piece
  18. groan
  19. heal
  20. flower
  21. steel
  22. weak
  23. eight
  24. their
  25. tale
  26. see
  27. cell
  28. bare
  29. their
  30. deer
  31. sun
  32. blew
  33. tail
  34. allowed
  35. flour
  36. knew
  37. groan
  38. dear
  39. flower
  40. toe

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