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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 648 · 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) deer (b) blew (c) new
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) waste (c) buy
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) waist (b) mist (c) bear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) hear (b) meat (c) know
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) knight (b) not (c) waist
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) by (b) week (c) tale
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) sea (b) past (c) hear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) won (b) rose (c) here
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) write (b) won (c) maid
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) by (b) bare (c) steal
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sea (b) sun (c) buy
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) by (b) heel (c) break
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) aloud (c) buy
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) aloud (c) sea
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) see (b) right (c) new
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) groan (c) berry
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) road (b) bear (c) hole
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) plain
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) tow (b) aloud (c) cell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) week (b) bare (c) sell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) tail (b) meat (c) write
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) allowed (b) missed (c) passed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) night (c) deer
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) right
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) waste (c) road
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) deer (b) night (c) hole
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) night (c) know
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) weak (b) eight (c) their
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) waste (b) weight (c) bury
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) maid
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knight (b) one (c) by
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) not (c) hear
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) piece (c) break
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) maid (b) berry (c) one
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) whole (b) night (c) meet
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) whole (c) tow
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) write (c) weight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) right (c) pair
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) bare (b) waist (c) grown
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) knot (c) plane

Answer key

  1. deer
  2. buy
  3. mist
  4. meat
  5. waist
  6. tale
  7. past
  8. rose
  9. won
  10. bare
  11. sun
  12. break
  13. piece
  14. knot
  15. new
  16. not
  17. bear
  18. sail
  19. aloud
  20. sell
  21. write
  22. passed
  23. week
  24. right
  25. hole
  26. night
  27. pear
  28. their
  29. bury
  30. tail
  31. by
  32. flower
  33. plain
  34. berry
  35. meet
  36. sell
  37. male
  38. road
  39. grown
  40. one

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