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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 494 · 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 “son”? (a) meet (b) sun (c) one
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) no (b) new (c) pear
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) pear (b) steal (c) deer
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) groan (c) flower
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) ate (c) sun
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sea (b) no (c) meet
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) bury
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) missed (c) night
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) rows (b) waist (c) steal
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) flew (b) weight (c) mist
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) one (b) weight (c) here
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) sale (b) no (c) maid
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) plain (b) heel (c) flour
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) right (c) flower
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) one (b) dear (c) whole
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) sale (b) buy (c) write
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) break
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) heal (b) write (c) knight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) heal (c) deer
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) bare (b) see (c) knot
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) bear (b) sea (c) know
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) past (b) bare (c) by
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) passed (c) night
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) deer (c) waist
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) dear (b) bear (c) made
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) dear (b) son (c) flew
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) their (b) won (c) blew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) ate (b) mist (c) sun
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sale (b) there (c) flower
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) knight (b) knew (c) missed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) flew (c) pear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) hear (b) male (c) rows
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) wait (b) sail (c) ate
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) week (c) knew
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) toe (b) knot (c) heal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) weak (b) bury (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) waist (b) piece (c) whole
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) knot (c) sun
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) steal (c) flower
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) plain (c) meet

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. pear
  3. deer
  4. made
  5. rose
  6. meet
  7. bury
  8. tale
  9. waist
  10. mist
  11. here
  12. maid
  13. heel
  14. blew
  15. whole
  16. write
  17. peace
  18. write
  19. peace
  20. knot
  21. sea
  22. bare
  23. eight
  24. flower
  25. bear
  26. flew
  27. won
  28. sun
  29. there
  30. missed
  31. passed
  32. male
  33. ate
  34. flew
  35. knot
  36. bury
  37. piece
  38. hear
  39. heal
  40. blew

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