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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 631 · 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 “bury”? (a) mist (b) flower (c) berry
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) toe (b) not (c) ate
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) eight (c) waist
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) waist (b) wait (c) flour
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tale (b) tow (c) eight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) see (b) son (c) weight
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) toe (b) rode (c) buy
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) son (b) made (c) allowed
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) no (b) pear (c) new
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) no (b) passed (c) sale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) cell (b) piece (c) groan
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) here (b) not (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) blue (b) here (c) sun
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) mail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) meet (b) son (c) there
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) pear (b) missed (c) night
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) weight (c) week
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) meet (c) plane
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bare (b) break (c) flower
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) there (c) right
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) no (c) flower
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) heel (c) eight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) aloud (b) road (c) brake
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) there (c) deer
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) steel (c) meat
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) passed (b) cell (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) wait (b) right (c) weak
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) peace (b) weight (c) eight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) heel (b) dear (c) mist
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) here (b) rose (c) see
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) week (b) heal (c) waist
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) bury (b) wait (c) grown
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) knight (c) flu
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) son (b) tow (c) eight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) blue (b) flour (c) their
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) rose (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flew (b) meet (c) berry
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) rode (b) heal (c) tail
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) flour (c) mail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) hear (c) buy

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. ate
  3. blew
  4. wait
  5. tow
  6. son
  7. buy
  8. allowed
  9. pear
  10. sale
  11. piece
  12. peace
  13. sun
  14. mail
  15. there
  16. missed
  17. one
  18. weight
  19. flower
  20. ate
  21. toe
  22. male
  23. road
  24. right
  25. whole
  26. cell
  27. weak
  28. weight
  29. dear
  30. see
  31. waist
  32. grown
  33. steel
  34. eight
  35. flour
  36. sale
  37. meet
  38. heal
  39. flu
  40. right

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