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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 596 · 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 “plane”? (a) berry (b) plain (c) made
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) meet (c) plain
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) week (b) grown (c) break
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) whole (b) passed (c) ate
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) hear (b) mail (c) allowed
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) son (b) plain (c) eight
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) buy (b) aloud (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) berry (b) made (c) write
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) by (b) know (c) wait
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) sun (b) past (c) tow
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) pear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) hole (b) allowed (c) son
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) mail (b) won (c) missed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) weak (b) pair (c) grown
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) by
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) tale (b) plain (c) flu
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) steal (b) blew (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) dear (b) sea (c) whole
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) by (b) no (c) heal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) bear (c) past
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) rose (b) week (c) hole
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) piece (b) dear (c) meat
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) new (c) bare
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) son (c) made
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) rose (b) son (c) brake
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) blue (b) bare (c) write
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) groan (b) heal (c) see
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) new (b) hear (c) flew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) there (b) flour (c) steel
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) bury (b) flower (c) sun
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) rows (b) knew (c) berry
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) plane (b) male (c) sun
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) past (b) new (c) waist
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) steel (b) not (c) knight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) hole (b) berry (c) piece
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) passed (b) steel (c) no
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) flu (b) their (c) dear
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) break (b) hear (c) flour
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) wait (b) flower (c) pear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) knew (c) pair

Answer key

  1. plain
  2. bury
  3. grown
  4. passed
  5. mail
  6. eight
  7. aloud
  8. write
  9. wait
  10. past
  11. knew
  12. son
  13. missed
  14. pair
  15. knight
  16. flu
  17. blew
  18. whole
  19. heal
  20. maid
  21. rose
  22. meat
  23. sea
  24. tale
  25. brake
  26. bare
  27. heal
  28. flew
  29. steel
  30. sun
  31. knew
  32. sun
  33. waist
  34. not
  35. berry
  36. no
  37. dear
  38. flour
  39. pear
  40. week

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