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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 599 · 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 “by”? (a) here (b) peace (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) knot (b) hear (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) waist (b) maid (c) aloud
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) one (b) whole (c) eight
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) steel (b) sale (c) weight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) there (b) brake (c) sail
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) bare (b) night (c) rows
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) flour (c) tow
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) pear (b) made (c) blue
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) week (b) bare (c) past
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) whole (b) bear (c) know
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) by (b) hear (c) berry
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) berry (b) cell (c) maid
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) male (b) passed (c) meet
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) rows (b) brake (c) deer
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) groan (b) steal (c) pear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) pear (c) tale
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) flu (b) waist (c) break
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) toe (b) berry (c) meet
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) blue (c) waste
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) right (b) tale (c) missed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) meet (b) weight (c) male
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) allowed (c) flu
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) allowed (b) past (c) flu
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) here (b) know (c) grown
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) knew (b) waste (c) knight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) peace (b) bear (c) eight
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) groan (b) heel (c) pear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) no (b) brake (c) knew
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) mist (c) deer
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) eight (b) buy (c) son
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) mail (b) rose (c) plain
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) write (b) there (c) son
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) week (c) flew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) rows (b) tale (c) mist
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) by (c) flu
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) hear (c) bear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) eight (b) bury (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) one (b) missed (c) weight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) sea (c) plain

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. week
  3. maid
  4. whole
  5. sale
  6. sail
  7. rows
  8. dear
  9. blue
  10. bare
  11. know
  12. hear
  13. maid
  14. passed
  15. brake
  16. pear
  17. plain
  18. break
  19. meet
  20. flew
  21. tale
  22. male
  23. knight
  24. past
  25. grown
  26. waste
  27. bear
  28. pear
  29. knew
  30. blew
  31. buy
  32. rose
  33. son
  34. blue
  35. mist
  36. road
  37. see
  38. bury
  39. weight
  40. flour

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