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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 658 · 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 “bear”? (a) bare (b) tale (c) won
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) flew (b) by (c) cell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) see (b) deer (c) past
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) right (b) male (c) wait
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) weight (c) rode
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) maid (c) meet
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) wait (b) week (c) sun
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) waste (b) rose (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) eight (b) flour (c) hear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) hole (b) by (c) won
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) past (c) plain
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) made (b) blew (c) groan
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) tale (b) sun (c) male
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) pair (c) plane
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) eight (b) know (c) meet
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) rose (b) their (c) allowed
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) week (b) son (c) mail
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) knot (c) maid
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) steal (b) week (c) dear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) flour (b) heal (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) flower (b) new (c) won
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) bear (b) ate (c) won
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) night (b) bare (c) hole
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) ate (b) write (c) sea
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) groan (b) berry (c) sun
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) pear (b) new (c) weight
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) plain (b) knot (c) sail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) night (c) steal
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) there (b) sail (c) aloud
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) steal (b) brake (c) see
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) weak (b) here (c) peace
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) waste (b) cell (c) steal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) grown (b) waist (c) bury
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) here (b) maid (c) rose
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) maid
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) not (b) tail (c) rows
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) grown (b) steal (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) missed (b) new (c) berry
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) break (b) hear (c) grown

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. by
  3. deer
  4. wait
  5. cell
  6. dear
  7. week
  8. bare
  9. hear
  10. won
  11. weight
  12. groan
  13. sun
  14. night
  15. know
  16. allowed
  17. mail
  18. aloud
  19. dear
  20. sell
  21. new
  22. ate
  23. hole
  24. sea
  25. sun
  26. weight
  27. knot
  28. missed
  29. sail
  30. see
  31. here
  32. cell
  33. bury
  34. flour
  35. rose
  36. rode
  37. tail
  38. steal
  39. berry
  40. grown

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