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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 466 · 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 “bury”? (a) heel (b) see (c) berry
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sail (b) pear (c) hole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) wait (b) sell (c) flour
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) night (b) blew (c) sun
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) there (b) tow (c) new
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) dear (b) right (c) plain
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) steal (b) no (c) meet
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) no (b) meat (c) one
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) ate (c) toe
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) pear (c) rose
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) aloud (b) road (c) see
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) bear (b) write (c) sail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) brake (b) tail (c) sail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flour (b) eight (c) brake
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) son (b) wait (c) meet
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) see (c) tow
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) dear (b) flour (c) heal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) blue (c) night
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) son (b) steal (c) passed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) road (b) ate (c) grown
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) write (b) knot (c) toe
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) one (c) maid
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) tail (b) male (c) whole
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) weak (b) by (c) waist
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) hole (b) heel (c) berry
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) sell (b) berry (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) see (b) mail (c) allowed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) passed (b) tow (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) flower (b) whole (c) waste
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) rode (b) weak (c) plain
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) by
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) toe (b) there (c) break
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) deer (b) their (c) son
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) mist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) deer (c) not
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) see (c) bare
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) mist (c) knight
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) weak (c) won
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) past (b) meet (c) blew

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. hole
  3. sell
  4. blew
  5. new
  6. plain
  7. no
  8. one
  9. right
  10. bury
  11. see
  12. write
  13. sail
  14. brake
  15. wait
  16. here
  17. flour
  18. see
  19. steal
  20. grown
  21. knot
  22. groan
  23. male
  24. waist
  25. dear
  26. heel
  27. berry
  28. allowed
  29. pair
  30. whole
  31. weak
  32. bear
  33. break
  34. son
  35. ate
  36. tow
  37. cell
  38. weight
  39. knew
  40. meet

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