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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 442 · 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 “by”? (a) meat (b) their (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) allowed (b) son (c) male
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) not (c) waste
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) break (b) weak (c) pair
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hear (b) grown (c) hole
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) blue (c) brake
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) son (b) by (c) plane
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) won (c) their
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) knew (c) won
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) no (c) one
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) bare (c) one
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) no (b) sea (c) rode
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) rose (c) one
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) rose (b) night (c) missed
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) weak (c) flower
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) mist (c) sail
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) meat (b) deer (c) plain
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) mist (b) wait (c) ate
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) dear (b) meat (c) allowed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) pair (b) eight (c) tale
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) road (b) blew (c) whole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) meat (b) ate (c) missed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) one (c) meat
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) their (b) flew (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) tale (c) break
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) mist (b) steel (c) dear
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) whole (b) pear (c) male
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) bear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) son (b) hole (c) rows
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) berry (c) bare
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) blue (b) road (c) sea
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) here (c) night
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) their (b) buy (c) meet
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) rose (b) knight (c) write
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) see (b) steel (c) knot
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) there (c) heal
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) aloud (b) flower (c) son
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) blue (c) know
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) waist (b) ate (c) meet
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) sun (b) hole (c) aloud

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. male
  3. by
  4. weak
  5. hole
  6. deer
  7. by
  8. flour
  9. bury
  10. past
  11. tale
  12. rode
  13. rode
  14. missed
  15. bare
  16. heal
  17. plain
  18. wait
  19. allowed
  20. tale
  21. blew
  22. ate
  23. see
  24. knight
  25. made
  26. steel
  27. male
  28. bear
  29. rows
  30. cell
  31. sea
  32. meat
  33. buy
  34. write
  35. knot
  36. grown
  37. son
  38. passed
  39. meet
  40. aloud

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