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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 651 · 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 “pear”? (a) no (b) knot (c) pair
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) grown (c) tail
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) meat (c) sea
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) bare (b) see (c) whole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) mail (b) allowed (c) flu
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) knot (b) one (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) meet (b) berry (c) flower
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) knot (b) new (c) groan
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) rows
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) flew (b) knot (c) missed
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) by (b) ate (c) flour
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) hole (b) plain (c) blew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) whole (c) brake
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) there (b) steel (c) peace
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) sun (b) week (c) flour
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) bury (b) peace (c) knew
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) blew (b) flour (c) write
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) meat (b) whole (c) male
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) hole (b) break (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) hear (c) steal
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) here (b) plane (c) break
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) meat (c) toe
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) bare (b) sun (c) buy
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) peace (b) road (c) here
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) flew (b) night (c) rose
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) plain (c) rose
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) sell (c) pair
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) maid (c) steal
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) toe (b) son (c) peace
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) pair (b) new (c) meet
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) pair (b) waste (c) right
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) heel (b) flu (c) night
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) bear (b) blue (c) rode
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) missed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) cell (c) groan
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) bare (c) flour
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) won (b) buy (c) flower
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) groan (c) knot
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) cell (b) rose (c) see
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) bare (c) there

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. bear
  3. plane
  4. see
  5. flu
  6. one
  7. berry
  8. groan
  9. eight
  10. missed
  11. ate
  12. blew
  13. won
  14. steel
  15. flour
  16. knew
  17. write
  18. whole
  19. there
  20. bury
  21. break
  22. son
  23. buy
  24. here
  25. night
  26. knot
  27. rows
  28. plain
  29. peace
  30. new
  31. waste
  32. night
  33. blue
  34. missed
  35. mist
  36. sea
  37. flower
  38. know
  39. rose
  40. sun

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