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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 728 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) sun (c) night
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) hear (b) bury (c) weak
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) plain (b) aloud (c) berry
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) passed (b) knot (c) missed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) knot (c) ate
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) blue (c) heel
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) made (c) sea
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) flu (b) bare (c) waste
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) buy (b) toe (c) dear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) right (b) sun (c) break
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) steal (b) hear (c) sale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) waste (b) flour (c) night
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) rows (b) weak (c) break
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) buy (b) ate (c) groan
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) right (c) deer
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) knew (b) son (c) hole
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) mail (c) here
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) maid
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) bear (c) rode
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) maid (b) heel (c) weight
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) buy (b) pair (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) son (b) know (c) pear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) blew (b) made (c) new
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) sell (b) son (c) eight
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) sell (b) knight (c) week
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) knot (b) past (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) knight (b) peace (c) sail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) by (b) sun (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) bear (b) flu (c) road
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) bare (b) flower (c) weight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) night (b) blue (c) rode
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) knew (b) mist (c) mail
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) night (b) flour (c) pair
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) blue (b) past (c) rose
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sell (b) flu (c) see
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) steal (b) ate (c) toe
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) road (b) berry (c) meet
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) heel (b) blew (c) dear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) maid (c) new
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) road (b) male (c) rows

Answer key

  1. meet
  2. bury
  3. aloud
  4. missed
  5. made
  6. no
  7. write
  8. waste
  9. dear
  10. break
  11. hear
  12. flour
  13. break
  14. ate
  15. passed
  16. son
  17. see
  18. waste
  19. hear
  20. weight
  21. pair
  22. know
  23. made
  24. eight
  25. knight
  26. past
  27. sail
  28. sun
  29. road
  30. flower
  31. blue
  32. mail
  33. pair
  34. rose
  35. flu
  36. ate
  37. berry
  38. dear
  39. past
  40. male

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