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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 516 · 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 “pair”? (a) pear (b) made (c) sale
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) maid (c) night
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) by
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) rose (c) plain
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) cell (b) there (c) steal
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) pear (b) whole (c) no
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) sea (b) pair (c) knew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) past (b) meet (c) plane
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) made (c) heal
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) right (c) sale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) buy (b) peace (c) pair
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) dear (c) pear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) toe (c) weight
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) pair (b) sail (c) flower
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) son (c) no
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) hear (c) heal
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) maid (b) knight (c) male
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) son (b) peace (c) know
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) berry (b) steel (c) tow
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) wait (b) by (c) heal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) whole
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) eight (b) hole (c) write
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) dear (c) rode
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) flew (c) past
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) son (c) made
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) no (b) rode (c) waste
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) their (c) tow
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) steel (b) grown (c) knot
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) heal (c) mail
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) flew (c) sun
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) whole (b) meat (c) night
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) cell (b) sun (c) flew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) night
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) whole (c) here
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) aloud
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) steal (b) groan (c) weak
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) aloud (b) blue (c) mail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) night (b) brake (c) by
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) male (c) steal
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) eight (b) sale (c) right

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. new
  3. by
  4. bury
  5. steal
  6. whole
  7. knew
  8. plane
  9. rows
  10. hole
  11. pair
  12. made
  13. bear
  14. flower
  15. dear
  16. passed
  17. male
  18. peace
  19. tow
  20. by
  21. missed
  22. write
  23. week
  24. wait
  25. know
  26. rode
  27. sea
  28. grown
  29. pair
  30. tail
  31. night
  32. flew
  33. deer
  34. meet
  35. aloud
  36. weak
  37. blue
  38. brake
  39. meat
  40. sale

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