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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 72 · 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 “bury”? (a) berry (b) one (c) grown
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) new (b) past (c) road
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) allowed (b) here (c) knight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) meat (c) rows
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) ate (b) break (c) plain
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) flower (b) bare (c) right
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) flew (c) piece
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) wait (c) sale
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) flu (c) aloud
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) grown (b) plain (c) whole
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) meet (b) plain (c) write
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) no (b) new (c) made
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) past (c) knot
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) aloud (b) sea (c) flew
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) their (b) sale (c) tow
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) eight (b) buy (c) piece
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) passed (b) right (c) flour
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) weight (b) son (c) piece
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) piece (b) ate (c) sail
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) one (b) mist (c) weight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knew (b) male (c) one
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) meet (c) sell
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) male (c) their
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) steel (b) weight (c) blew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) plain (c) knew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) tail (b) write (c) pear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) pear (b) flu (c) blue
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) flower (c) not
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) plane (c) sea
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) see (b) break (c) bury
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) cell
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) here (b) pair (c) steal
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) right (c) rode
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) not (b) write (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) knot (c) knew
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) knight (b) groan (c) allowed
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) night (b) peace (c) weak
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) waste (b) know (c) plain
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) peace (b) dear (c) hear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) male

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. past
  3. here
  4. see
  5. break
  6. right
  7. night
  8. heel
  9. one
  10. whole
  11. plain
  12. new
  13. tale
  14. sea
  15. tow
  16. buy
  17. flour
  18. piece
  19. sail
  20. mist
  21. one
  22. knot
  23. missed
  24. blew
  25. past
  26. write
  27. flu
  28. sale
  29. right
  30. bury
  31. bear
  32. steal
  33. plane
  34. write
  35. waste
  36. allowed
  37. weak
  38. know
  39. dear
  40. peace

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