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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 496 · 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 “right”? (a) meat (b) write (c) ate
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) rode (b) made (c) won
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) waste (c) road
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) allowed (c) night
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) peace (b) flour (c) brake
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) passed (c) night
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sail (b) steel (c) bare
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bear (b) bury (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) week (b) here (c) piece
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) by (b) bury (c) break
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) rows (b) cell (c) piece
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) meet (b) buy (c) hear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) sale (c) sun
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) pear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) bear (b) road (c) pair
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) not (b) eight (c) blue
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) flu (c) waist
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) there (b) piece (c) meet
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) bury (b) knew (c) rows
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) wait (c) right
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) deer (b) blue (c) meet
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) by (c) steal
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) plain (b) hear (c) sun
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) sail (c) flew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) rode (c) know
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) hole (b) eight (c) plane
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) tail (c) meet
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) allowed (b) there (c) berry
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) steel (b) groan (c) meat
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) plain (b) knot (c) by
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) there (b) deer (c) sell
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) sell (b) knot (c) week
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) flower (b) rose (c) night
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) groan (b) rose (c) buy
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) right (b) bare (c) missed
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) flour (b) ate (c) missed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) steal (b) write (c) berry
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) peace (c) blew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) hole (b) plain (c) one
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) pair (c) knew

Answer key

  1. write
  2. won
  3. won
  4. son
  5. brake
  6. road
  7. steel
  8. bury
  9. piece
  10. break
  11. rows
  12. hear
  13. deer
  14. pear
  15. road
  16. blue
  17. weak
  18. meet
  19. knew
  20. aloud
  21. meet
  22. heel
  23. sun
  24. tale
  25. break
  26. plane
  27. by
  28. there
  29. groan
  30. by
  31. sell
  32. week
  33. night
  34. buy
  35. bare
  36. ate
  37. berry
  38. grown
  39. one
  40. dear

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