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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. hole
  3. bear
  4. past
  5. passed
  6. meet
  7. grown
  8. meat
  9. eight
  10. here
  11. mist
  12. toe
  13. buy
  14. no
  15. weight
  16. allowed
  17. son
  18. peace
  19. cell
  20. road
  21. one
  22. mail
  23. rode
  24. rows
  25. weak
  26. tow
  27. knot
  28. won
  29. ate
  30. bare
  31. groan
  32. whole
  33. knight
  34. bare
  35. heal
  36. sale
  37. made
  38. dear
  39. waist
  40. their

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