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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 650 · 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 “here”? (a) bury (b) sell (c) hear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) pair (c) allowed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) eight (c) sun
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) sea (b) weight (c) son
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) sale
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) know (b) allowed (c) night
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) rode (b) blue (c) steel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) pear (c) steal
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) won (c) passed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) night (b) knot (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) male (b) flour (c) blew
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) whole (b) break (c) deer
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) one (c) grown
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) road (b) dear (c) bear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) deer (b) flew (c) mail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sale (b) tale (c) maid
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) one (b) know (c) bury
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) grown
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) rose (b) there (c) dear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) sun (c) aloud
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) wait (b) tail (c) whole
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) sale (b) weak (c) write
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) grown (b) maid (c) heel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) passed (b) eight (c) hole
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flower (b) peace (c) meet
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) hole (b) knot (c) wait
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) heal (c) rode
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) pair (c) hole
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) passed (c) toe
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) new (b) steel (c) berry
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) made (b) steel (c) toe
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) pear (b) mail (c) one
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) waist (b) right (c) male
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) hear (b) peace (c) sea
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) deer (c) brake
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) hole (b) road (c) heal
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) eight (b) new (c) piece
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) sun (b) knew (c) bear
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) there (b) blue (c) by
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) missed (c) rows

Answer key

  1. hear
  2. see
  3. meat
  4. son
  5. brake
  6. night
  7. blue
  8. blew
  9. sun
  10. sun
  11. blew
  12. deer
  13. male
  14. dear
  15. mail
  16. tale
  17. bury
  18. hear
  19. there
  20. tail
  21. whole
  22. weak
  23. maid
  24. hole
  25. meet
  26. wait
  27. tow
  28. bare
  29. rows
  30. steel
  31. steel
  32. mail
  33. right
  34. peace
  35. knight
  36. road
  37. new
  38. bear
  39. by
  40. sale

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