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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 455 · 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 “new”? (a) berry (b) son (c) knew
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) sell (c) knot
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) there (b) knot (c) plane
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) rows (b) here (c) bear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) sell (b) mail (c) pair
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) flour (b) grown (c) blew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) meet (b) tale (c) right
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) blew (c) steel
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) bare (c) right
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) pear (b) here (c) no
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sail (b) berry (c) dear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) rows (b) won (c) heel
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) son (c) wait
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) tow (b) one (c) new
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) eight (b) steal (c) whole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) pair (c) no
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) groan (c) weight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) their (b) plane (c) made
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) rows (c) weight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) buy (c) rode
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) passed (b) no (c) berry
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) by (b) sea (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) toe (c) missed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flu (b) maid (c) plane
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) flower (b) ate (c) waist
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) write (b) blue (c) whole
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) their (b) rows (c) mail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) mist (b) ate (c) weak
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) flower (b) ate (c) berry
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) son (b) no (c) by
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) road (b) steel (c) meet
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) break (b) cell (c) heal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) son (c) meet
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) tail (b) rows (c) toe
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) rose (b) road (c) blue
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) week (c) won
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) berry (c) right
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) wait
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) tow (b) new (c) buy
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) bare (b) waste (c) hole

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. meat
  3. plane
  4. bear
  5. pair
  6. blew
  7. tale
  8. here
  9. sea
  10. here
  11. berry
  12. won
  13. hear
  14. new
  15. whole
  16. break
  17. flower
  18. plane
  19. flu
  20. pear
  21. berry
  22. sea
  23. deer
  24. maid
  25. waist
  26. blue
  27. mail
  28. weak
  29. ate
  30. by
  31. meet
  32. heal
  33. hear
  34. toe
  35. blue
  36. their
  37. tow
  38. wait
  39. buy
  40. waste

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