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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 46 · 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 “see”? (a) dear (b) not (c) sea
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) peace (b) right (c) one
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) heal (b) know (c) sale
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) groan
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) know (b) pear (c) missed
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sell (b) meat (c) bury
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) blue (b) no (c) rows
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) berry (b) groan (c) maid
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) wait (b) sell (c) dear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) deer (b) knight (c) passed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) steel (b) knot (c) see
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) pear (b) knight (c) not
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) week (b) sail (c) heel
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) bare (b) berry (c) mist
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) sea (c) plane
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) know (b) knew (c) deer
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) no (b) hear (c) dear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) passed (c) blue
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) wait (b) eight (c) missed
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) one (c) break
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) made (c) allowed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) berry (c) plane
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) peace (c) bare
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) cell (b) knight (c) meet
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) sale (b) ate (c) pair
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) flower (b) right (c) eight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sail (b) hear (c) their
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) missed (b) see (c) sun
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) flour (c) there
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) road (c) plane
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) rows (b) flower (c) here
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) missed (c) groan
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) made (c) grown
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) won (b) waist (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) sale (c) male
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) flour (b) whole (c) aloud
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) rode (c) brake
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) dear (b) heel (c) rode
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) know
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) bear (c) pair

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. one
  3. know
  4. groan
  5. pear
  6. meat
  7. no
  8. groan
  9. sell
  10. knight
  11. knot
  12. not
  13. heel
  14. berry
  15. bury
  16. deer
  17. hear
  18. there
  19. missed
  20. heal
  21. see
  22. sail
  23. here
  24. meet
  25. pair
  26. right
  27. their
  28. see
  29. sun
  30. blew
  31. flower
  32. bury
  33. missed
  34. bare
  35. blew
  36. aloud
  37. berry
  38. rode
  39. grown
  40. weight

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