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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 621 · 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 “dear”? (a) ate (b) allowed (c) deer
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) right (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) buy (b) flower (c) bear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) sale (c) mist
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) cell (b) rose (c) made
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) blew (c) deer
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) waist (b) blue (c) sail
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) made (c) right
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) whole (b) meet (c) deer
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) passed (b) maid (c) knight
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) deer (b) blue (c) mist
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) meat (b) night (c) peace
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) flour (b) won (c) mail
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) one (b) brake (c) sell
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) son (b) berry (c) male
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) tow (b) son (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) ate (b) mail (c) bury
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) sea (b) break (c) plain
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) weight (c) rose
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) tale (b) mist (c) bear
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) pear (b) flour (c) sun
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) right (c) brake
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) see (c) here
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) tale (b) mail (c) ate
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) their (b) bear (c) see
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) weight (b) son (c) know
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) sell (b) berry (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) plane (b) meat (c) missed
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) sell (b) whole (c) allowed
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) heel (b) see (c) grown
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) brake (c) sea
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) aloud (c) sale
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) not (b) dear (c) heel
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) blue (c) heal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) their (b) cell (c) tow
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) cell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) steel (c) peace
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) blue (c) passed
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) hear (b) pair (c) sea
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) bare (b) sell (c) pair

Answer key

  1. deer
  2. blew
  3. bear
  4. weak
  5. rose
  6. pear
  7. blue
  8. tail
  9. meet
  10. knight
  11. mist
  12. peace
  13. won
  14. sell
  15. male
  16. bare
  17. bury
  18. plain
  19. hear
  20. bear
  21. flour
  22. week
  23. peace
  24. mail
  25. see
  26. son
  27. son
  28. missed
  29. allowed
  30. grown
  31. tale
  32. hear
  33. dear
  34. won
  35. tow
  36. cell
  37. blue
  38. bury
  39. pair
  40. sell

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