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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 591 · 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 “passed”? (a) deer (b) pear (c) past
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) sell (b) flu (c) wait
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) bear (b) hole (c) berry
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flew (b) passed (c) sea
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) flew (b) male (c) whole
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) right (b) won (c) piece
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) knight (b) toe (c) son
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) wait (b) pair (c) blue
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) road (c) right
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) right (b) road (c) bear
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) sea (b) tail (c) allowed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) peace (c) missed
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) see (b) tow (c) by
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) aloud (b) their (c) heel
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) bare (b) knot (c) weak
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) plain (c) steel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) allowed (b) flower (c) road
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) night (b) wait (c) flu
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) by (b) knight (c) know
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) weak (b) wait (c) bury
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) mail (c) sell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) waist (c) tow
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) toe (c) flew
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) past (c) weak
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) road (b) ate (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) there (b) rows (c) sail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) flew (b) sale (c) cell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) missed (c) plane
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) flower (b) there (c) allowed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) weak (b) brake (c) hole
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) won (c) ate
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) ate (b) weight (c) brake
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) brake (c) waist
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) week (c) tale
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) sun (b) dear (c) there
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) son (c) won
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) past (b) their (c) knot
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) groan (b) mail (c) knew
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) hear (b) bare (c) cell
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) write (b) male (c) hear

Answer key

  1. past
  2. flu
  3. berry
  4. passed
  5. male
  6. won
  7. toe
  8. pair
  9. steel
  10. road
  11. allowed
  12. road
  13. by
  14. their
  15. weak
  16. passed
  17. flower
  18. wait
  19. know
  20. bury
  21. new
  22. knot
  23. plane
  24. flew
  25. ate
  26. sail
  27. cell
  28. deer
  29. allowed
  30. hole
  31. plain
  32. brake
  33. knight
  34. meat
  35. dear
  36. dear
  37. knot
  38. mail
  39. bare
  40. hear

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