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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 647 · 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 “buy”? (a) pair (b) here (c) by
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) made
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) ate (c) meat
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) whole (b) write (c) night
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) write (b) by (c) berry
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) ate (b) blew (c) their
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) groan (b) heel (c) blew
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) tale (b) blue (c) pear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) no (b) meet (c) son
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) blue (b) missed (c) tale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) write (b) bear (c) tow
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) knew (b) whole (c) know
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) toe (b) past (c) male
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) no (b) their (c) bear
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) sell (b) flower (c) groan
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) knew (c) blew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) made (b) past (c) bear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) sell (b) pear (c) their
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) meat (b) flew (c) missed
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) right (b) flower (c) one
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) weak (b) maid (c) grown
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) bear (b) tow (c) waist
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) berry (b) plain (c) aloud
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) heel (b) rows (c) knew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) ate (b) knew (c) sea
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) ate (c) no
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) know (b) bury (c) here
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) their (b) allowed (c) piece
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) eight (b) won (c) night
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) berry (b) weak (c) plane
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) maid (b) here (c) hole
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) see (b) bear (c) son
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) toe (b) maid (c) bare
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) not (b) flour (c) groan
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) by (b) deer (c) hear
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) rows (c) waist
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) by (b) maid (c) sale
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) wait (c) right
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) plane (b) sea (c) here
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) blue (b) eight (c) waste

Answer key

  1. by
  2. mail
  3. weak
  4. night
  5. berry
  6. blew
  7. blew
  8. pear
  9. son
  10. tale
  11. tow
  12. whole
  13. past
  14. bear
  15. groan
  16. dear
  17. past
  18. their
  19. flew
  20. flower
  21. maid
  22. tow
  23. plain
  24. rows
  25. sea
  26. plain
  27. bury
  28. allowed
  29. won
  30. weak
  31. hole
  32. bear
  33. bare
  34. flour
  35. deer
  36. mist
  37. maid
  38. ate
  39. here
  40. waste

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