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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 633 · 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 “new”? (a) berry (b) knew (c) heel
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) plain (b) male (c) flower
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) bare (b) deer (c) by
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sale (b) aloud (c) bare
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) peace (b) dear (c) ate
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) bear (c) steal
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) brake (c) there
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) tale (b) flew (c) weight
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) break
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) there (b) flew (c) rose
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) see (b) son (c) deer
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) weight (c) sell
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) buy (c) rode
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) not (c) wait
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) won (c) waist
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) know (b) wait (c) waist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) flour (b) know (c) there
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) peace (c) groan
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) buy (b) rose (c) berry
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) eight (b) maid (c) knot
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) steel (b) buy (c) waste
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) berry (b) one (c) allowed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) wait (c) heal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) tow (b) aloud (c) blew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) waste (b) flower (c) blew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) past (b) flower (c) sun
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) hear
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) week (b) pair (c) made
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sea (b) buy (c) sale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) passed (c) weak
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) bury (b) blue (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) sun (b) flower (c) passed
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) night (b) ate (c) weight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) toe (b) new (c) meet
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) meet (b) grown (c) eight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) made (c) one
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) night (b) new (c) peace
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) here (c) cell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) sail (c) tail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) male (b) pair (c) plain

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. male
  3. deer
  4. bare
  5. dear
  6. week
  7. pear
  8. weight
  9. steal
  10. flew
  11. deer
  12. toe
  13. cell
  14. no
  15. sail
  16. waist
  17. know
  18. waste
  19. rose
  20. knot
  21. buy
  22. allowed
  23. plane
  24. blew
  25. flower
  26. sun
  27. hear
  28. made
  29. sale
  30. knight
  31. blue
  32. passed
  33. weight
  34. meet
  35. grown
  36. here
  37. peace
  38. break
  39. knew
  40. plain

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