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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 710 · 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) see (b) knight (c) bury
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) no (b) deer (c) past
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) flu (b) their (c) passed
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) mail (b) here (c) steel
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) bury (b) sail (c) no
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) rose (b) week (c) steal
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) waste (b) hole (c) missed
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) write (b) sea (c) aloud
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) deer (c) waist
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) know (b) rode (c) write
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) grown (c) buy
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) blew (b) there (c) know
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) know (c) brake
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) brake (b) tow (c) maid
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) sail (c) blue
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) made (b) there (c) blue
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) won (c) eight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) mail (b) knight (c) road
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) past (b) week (c) meat
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) rode (c) waist
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) maid (b) tail (c) one
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) tail (b) heal (c) know
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) eight (b) tow (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) flower (b) steal (c) new
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) whole (c) plane
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) weight (b) sun (c) their
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) their (b) dear (c) sell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) bury (b) pear (c) passed
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) there (c) waste
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) ate (b) blue (c) rows
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) here (b) right (c) wait
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) plain (b) mail (c) knight
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) tow (c) brake
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) buy (b) here (c) flour
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) blue (b) meet (c) there
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) deer (c) break
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) bear (b) hear (c) passed
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) berry (b) tow (c) rose
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) wait (b) flew (c) past
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) road (b) male (c) new

Answer key

  1. bury
  2. past
  3. passed
  4. steel
  5. sail
  6. week
  7. missed
  8. sea
  9. right
  10. write
  11. whole
  12. there
  13. sale
  14. tow
  15. here
  16. blue
  17. flower
  18. knight
  19. meat
  20. won
  21. one
  22. heal
  23. tow
  24. steal
  25. pear
  26. their
  27. dear
  28. passed
  29. made
  30. blue
  31. wait
  32. knight
  33. flower
  34. flour
  35. meet
  36. blew
  37. hear
  38. rose
  39. flew
  40. new

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