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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 695 · 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 “rows”? (a) rose (b) whole (c) ate
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) flew (b) dear (c) grown
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) piece (b) eight (c) flour
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) aloud
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) waste (c) bare
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) steal (b) here (c) rode
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) bare (b) past (c) here
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) flour (b) toe (c) past
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) flour (b) sail (c) peace
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) eight (b) flower (c) steal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) buy (b) bury (c) flower
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) maid (b) heal (c) plain
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) eight (b) tow (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) sell (c) flew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) past (c) bare
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) wait (b) won (c) toe
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) deer (b) pair (c) blue
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) allowed (c) knight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) sale (c) heal
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) weak (b) knight (c) past
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sun (b) heel (c) bare
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) pair (b) whole (c) son
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) deer (b) week (c) sail
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) mist (c) flu
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) hole (b) missed (c) pear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) made (b) wait (c) heal
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) sale (c) road
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) bear (b) ate (c) tow
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) right (b) knew (c) knight
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) berry (c) past
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) knot (b) by (c) cell
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) break (b) rode (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) here (c) allowed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) whole (c) knot
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) ate (b) meat (c) pair
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) eight (b) weight (c) heel
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) dear (b) rose (c) new
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) sale (b) hear (c) piece
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tail (b) rose (c) here
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) tale (b) bury (c) flower

Answer key

  1. rose
  2. dear
  3. eight
  4. berry
  5. ate
  6. steal
  7. past
  8. past
  9. peace
  10. flower
  11. bury
  12. heal
  13. no
  14. weak
  15. tale
  16. won
  17. blue
  18. meat
  19. one
  20. knight
  21. bare
  22. whole
  23. sail
  24. by
  25. missed
  26. wait
  27. waste
  28. ate
  29. knew
  30. tow
  31. cell
  32. plain
  33. flu
  34. pear
  35. pair
  36. heel
  37. new
  38. piece
  39. here
  40. flower

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