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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 54 · 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 “sea”? (a) waste (b) knight (c) see
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) sea (b) blue (c) rows
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) pear (c) week
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) steel (b) passed (c) here
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) deer (b) there (c) won
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) knight (c) one
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) blew (b) weak (c) here
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) knew (b) allowed (c) tail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) by (b) maid (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) night (b) not (c) passed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) grown (b) night (c) maid
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) peace (b) grown (c) hole
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) mist (b) tale (c) piece
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) meat (c) pear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) weak (c) cell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) here (c) break
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) weak (b) ate (c) dear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) whole (b) brake (c) past
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) knot (c) eight
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) bare (c) tow
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) tail (b) whole (c) pair
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) male (b) deer (c) their
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) steal (b) there (c) waste
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) bear (b) there (c) waste
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) hear (c) flower
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) their (b) son (c) buy
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) see (b) sale (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) road (b) sun (c) eight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) ate (c) flour
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) flew (b) new (c) break
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) ate (c) heel
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) deer (b) hear (c) ate
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) tale (c) maid
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) waste (b) rose (c) flower
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) blue (b) one (c) flew
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) deer
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) flower (b) steel (c) buy
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) here (b) brake (c) steal
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) knew (b) male (c) there
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) by (b) heel (c) knight

Answer key

  1. see
  2. rows
  3. bury
  4. here
  5. won
  6. meat
  7. weak
  8. tail
  9. pair
  10. passed
  11. night
  12. grown
  13. piece
  14. heal
  15. flu
  16. allowed
  17. ate
  18. past
  19. road
  20. one
  21. whole
  22. deer
  23. waste
  24. there
  25. made
  26. son
  27. sale
  28. eight
  29. cell
  30. break
  31. grown
  32. hear
  33. mail
  34. rose
  35. flew
  36. deer
  37. steel
  38. brake
  39. male
  40. heel

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