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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 737 · 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 “bear”? (a) meet (b) bare (c) week
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) peace (c) know
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) ate (c) groan
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) plane (c) road
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) know (c) tale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) maid (b) waste (c) week
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) berry (b) hole (c) tale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) toe (b) sail (c) eight
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) knew (b) break (c) here
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) peace (b) flower (c) waist
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) heel (c) blue
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) road (b) male (c) plane
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) know (b) pear (c) mist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) toe (b) one (c) here
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) peace (b) steal (c) weight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) flower (b) sea (c) tail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) blue (b) meat (c) buy
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) pair (c) tail
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) tale (b) there (c) night
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) peace (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) grown (b) not (c) bare
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) meet (b) rode (c) here
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) missed (b) toe (c) heal
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) no (b) sea (c) knight
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) cell (b) knot (c) knew
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) plain (b) no (c) here
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) meat (c) knight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) one (b) weak (c) eight
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) sea (c) sale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) there (b) made (c) rode
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) steel (b) hear (c) knot
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) bare (c) ate
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) knew (c) know
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) know (b) sea (c) steal
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) son (c) hear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) bear (b) won (c) see
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) knight (c) blew
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) tail (c) pair
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) tow (b) bear (c) hole
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) tale (b) their (c) bury

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. wait
  3. heel
  4. flu
  5. mist
  6. week
  7. tale
  8. eight
  9. break
  10. flower
  11. sea
  12. plane
  13. pear
  14. here
  15. steal
  16. tail
  17. buy
  18. passed
  19. night
  20. write
  21. bare
  22. here
  23. heal
  24. knight
  25. knot
  26. no
  27. whole
  28. weak
  29. dear
  30. made
  31. hear
  32. flower
  33. mist
  34. steal
  35. one
  36. see
  37. groan
  38. one
  39. bear
  40. their

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