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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 470 · 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 “won”? (a) weight (b) plain (c) one
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) pair (b) steel (c) meet
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) here (b) flour (c) pair
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) grown (b) made (c) bear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) blue (c) waist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) berry (c) deer
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) know (b) deer (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) hear (b) write (c) rode
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) hole (c) peace
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) peace (b) male (c) rose
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) here (b) sea (c) past
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) not (b) rows (c) meat
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) meat (b) their (c) waist
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) missed (b) male (c) berry
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) week (c) not
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) night (c) rows
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) know (c) tale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) plane (b) won (c) bear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) waist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) buy (b) rode (c) steal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) brake (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) meet (b) knight (c) flew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) mist (b) male (c) son
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) missed (b) by (c) deer
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) bear (c) sale
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) sale (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) blue (c) dear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) piece (b) ate (c) waist
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) week (b) son (c) see
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) plane (b) steel (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) no (c) knew
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) mist (b) cell (c) maid
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) grown (c) rose
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) meet (c) won
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) blew (c) groan
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) berry (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) rows (b) mist (c) week
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) week (c) right
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) by (b) break (c) pair
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) brake (b) piece (c) sea

Answer key

  1. one
  2. steel
  3. flour
  4. bear
  5. tail
  6. ate
  7. deer
  8. write
  9. waste
  10. male
  11. sea
  12. meat
  13. their
  14. male
  15. peace
  16. whole
  17. blue
  18. bear
  19. bare
  20. rode
  21. won
  22. knight
  23. son
  24. by
  25. groan
  26. there
  27. sell
  28. waist
  29. son
  30. steel
  31. bury
  32. maid
  33. week
  34. mist
  35. buy
  36. pair
  37. week
  38. not
  39. pair
  40. piece

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