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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 433 · 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 “weight”? (a) bare (b) wait (c) meet
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) made (b) flour (c) rose
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) male (b) new (c) their
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) aloud (b) plane (c) berry
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) ate (c) plain
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) male (c) pear
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) sun (c) sale
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rose (b) male (c) weight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) heel (b) groan (c) peace
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) bare (b) write (c) berry
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) weight (b) sun (c) rows
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) tale (b) sail (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) made (b) hole (c) meat
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) made (c) weak
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) bury (c) mail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) blew (b) buy (c) mist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) toe (b) write (c) dear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) weight (b) peace (c) hole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) brake (c) flour
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) passed (b) sail (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) flour (b) won (c) steal
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) pair (b) rode (c) there
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) whole (c) one
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) know (c) buy
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) pear (c) sea
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) one (b) cell (c) sail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) aloud (b) made (c) eight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) brake (b) missed (c) night
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) knight (b) buy (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) blue (b) male (c) night
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) break (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) dear (b) one (c) weak
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) meet (b) deer (c) maid
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) cell (b) see (c) steel
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) whole (b) grown (c) right
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) bear (b) knight (c) tale
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) here (b) groan (c) heal
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) deer (b) their (c) waste
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) their (c) knight
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) not

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. flour
  3. their
  4. berry
  5. berry
  6. aloud
  7. steel
  8. male
  9. peace
  10. write
  11. sun
  12. peace
  13. meat
  14. pear
  15. by
  16. mist
  17. dear
  18. hole
  19. rows
  20. steal
  21. steal
  22. rode
  23. break
  24. here
  25. bear
  26. sail
  27. made
  28. missed
  29. buy
  30. night
  31. plane
  32. weak
  33. maid
  34. steel
  35. right
  36. tale
  37. groan
  38. waste
  39. heel
  40. not

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