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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 653 · 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 “berry”? (a) their (b) son (c) bury
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) night (c) allowed
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) piece (b) brake (c) tow
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) brake (b) knew (c) heal
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) knight (b) waste (c) won
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) aloud (b) whole (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) plane (b) their (c) buy
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) sea (c) waist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) plain (b) one (c) blue
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) dear (b) weak (c) past
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) grown (c) passed
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) meet (b) mist (c) knot
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) pear (b) heal (c) male
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) tale (c) knew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) brake (c) road
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) pair (c) sea
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) hole (b) allowed (c) tale
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) toe (b) weight (c) knot
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) not (b) wait (c) mist
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) dear (b) hole (c) night
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) piece (c) weak
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) plain (c) here
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) week (b) blue (c) ate
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) mail (b) not (c) one
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) plain (b) pear (c) right
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) whole (b) rose (c) sale
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) knight (b) there (c) plain
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) right (b) heel (c) sun
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) steal (c) sell
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) tail (b) by (c) sail
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) dear (b) weak (c) ate
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) pear (b) rode (c) heal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) sell (b) berry (c) pair
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) not (b) here (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) piece (b) tail (c) rose
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) one (b) steal (c) not
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) bear (b) knew (c) flour
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) plane (b) won (c) not
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) groan (b) sell (c) road

Answer key

  1. bury
  2. see
  3. tow
  4. knew
  5. won
  6. know
  7. buy
  8. bury
  9. blew
  10. blue
  11. past
  12. tail
  13. knot
  14. male
  15. break
  16. ate
  17. rows
  18. tale
  19. knot
  20. mist
  21. night
  22. dear
  23. whole
  24. ate
  25. one
  26. pear
  27. sale
  28. plain
  29. heel
  30. allowed
  31. by
  32. weak
  33. heal
  34. pair
  35. here
  36. tail
  37. not
  38. flour
  39. not
  40. sell

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