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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 620 · 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) one (b) pear (c) week
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sell (b) piece (c) flu
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) week (b) write (c) here
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) meat (c) sail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) road (c) right
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) meat (c) tow
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) sale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) tale (b) berry (c) deer
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) berry (b) road (c) eight
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) whole (b) blue (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) waist (b) dear (c) pear
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) flu (b) aloud (c) heal
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) knew (c) berry
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) bear (c) new
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) by (c) see
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) week (b) here (c) berry
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) sun (b) pear (c) blew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) here (b) sail (c) allowed
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) cell (b) aloud (c) pear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) rose (b) write (c) flu
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) night (c) ate
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sell (b) meat (c) plane
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) waist (c) pair
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) won (b) bare (c) plane
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) mist (b) weak (c) made
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) see (b) one (c) cell
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tail (b) here (c) eight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) plain (c) passed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) whole (b) toe (c) dear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) week (b) groan (c) flower
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) knot (b) dear (c) buy
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) knot (b) sun (c) flew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) sale (c) steel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) there (c) past
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) meet (b) know (c) heel
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) deer (b) hole (c) know
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) sea (b) rows (c) plain
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) groan (b) tail (c) whole
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) heal (c) piece
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) weak (b) road (c) right

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. piece
  3. write
  4. sell
  5. missed
  6. week
  7. sale
  8. berry
  9. road
  10. steal
  11. waist
  12. aloud
  13. weak
  14. cell
  15. weight
  16. here
  17. blew
  18. sail
  19. pear
  20. flu
  21. flew
  22. meat
  23. ate
  24. plane
  25. made
  26. cell
  27. here
  28. sun
  29. dear
  30. flower
  31. buy
  32. sun
  33. tow
  34. know
  35. heel
  36. hole
  37. rows
  38. whole
  39. made
  40. right

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