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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 618 · 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 “pair”? (a) flour (b) meat (c) pear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) right (b) berry (c) toe
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) eight (b) maid (c) bare
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) eight (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) aloud (b) meet (c) sail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) dear (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) won (c) knew
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) knew (b) know (c) wait
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) meet (c) rose
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) see (b) mist (c) waste
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) sail (b) by (c) rows
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) missed (b) hear (c) toe
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) meet (b) heal (c) bury
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) steal (c) hole
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) weight (b) tail (c) hole
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) tow (b) rode (c) right
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) road (b) tail (c) steal
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) made (c) flew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) meet (c) rose
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) night (c) there
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) tale (b) groan (c) weight
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) groan (b) sail (c) sun
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) there (b) hole (c) no
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) there (b) by (c) sea
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) knew (b) meet (c) there
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) sun (b) knew (c) mail
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) eight (c) sea
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) tow (c) hole
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) tale (b) plain (c) mail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) plane (c) knot
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) sell
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) week
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) flower (b) knew (c) there
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) ate (b) new (c) piece
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) toe (b) hole (c) steal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) new (c) groan
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) see (b) pear (c) weight
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) tow (b) cell (c) plain
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) cell (b) son (c) blue
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) bury (b) rode (c) tale

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. toe
  3. bare
  4. see
  5. sail
  6. tow
  7. bury
  8. know
  9. pair
  10. waste
  11. by
  12. toe
  13. bury
  14. blew
  15. hole
  16. right
  17. tail
  18. plane
  19. weak
  20. missed
  21. groan
  22. sail
  23. hole
  24. sea
  25. meet
  26. mail
  27. one
  28. eight
  29. mail
  30. waist
  31. allowed
  32. week
  33. knew
  34. new
  35. steal
  36. week
  37. pear
  38. plain
  39. son
  40. tale

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