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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 483 · 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 “bare”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) bear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) pair (b) plain (c) steel
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) plane (b) tail (c) week
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) one (b) steel (c) knot
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) past (b) heal (c) bear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) dear (c) past
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) rose (b) right (c) night
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) waste (b) bear (c) ate
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) blew (b) rows (c) their
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) see (c) road
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) toe (b) eight (c) pear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) cell (c) peace
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) weight (b) waste (c) knew
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) ate (b) missed (c) there
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) there (b) pear (c) cell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) waste (b) heel (c) write
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) meat (b) know (c) flower
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) aloud (b) rose (c) night
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) flour (c) meet
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) aloud (c) ate
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) their (b) male (c) right
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) sell (b) made (c) heal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) no (b) hole (c) buy
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) no (c) plain
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) won (b) rode (c) buy
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) write (b) sea (c) tail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) eight (b) heal (c) hole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) male (b) rode (c) see
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) heal (b) meet (c) pear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) flew (c) wait
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) know (b) steal (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) buy (c) eight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) blue (b) weight (c) knight
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) won (b) sell (c) waist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sell (b) sail (c) son
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) blew (b) hear (c) groan
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) son (c) sea
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sail (b) meat (c) break
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sail (b) steel (c) flu
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) plane (b) maid (c) berry

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. plain
  3. week
  4. steel
  5. bear
  6. know
  7. right
  8. ate
  9. rows
  10. tale
  11. pear
  12. pair
  13. knew
  14. missed
  15. cell
  16. write
  17. flower
  18. rose
  19. rows
  20. sun
  21. male
  22. made
  23. hole
  24. bare
  25. buy
  26. tail
  27. heal
  28. see
  29. meet
  30. here
  31. heal
  32. knew
  33. weight
  34. sell
  35. sail
  36. groan
  37. groan
  38. meat
  39. flu
  40. berry

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