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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 744 · 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 “right”? (a) mist (b) write (c) ate
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) wait (b) flower (c) passed
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) weight (b) berry (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) deer (b) bare (c) plane
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) see (c) sale
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) tale (b) bury (c) buy
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) deer (b) one (c) waist
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) knot (b) tail (c) new
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knot (b) by (c) write
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) blue (b) brake (c) write
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) tail (b) knew (c) week
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) hear (c) son
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) steal (b) here (c) night
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) blue (c) road
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tale (b) allowed (c) see
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) pair (b) plane (c) sea
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) flower (c) weight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) deer (b) maid (c) heal
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) flew (b) brake (c) wait
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) one (c) toe
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) flew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) break (b) berry (c) won
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) flew (c) dear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) toe (b) rose (c) knew
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) right (b) road (c) dear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) night (c) their
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) blew (c) son
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) eight (b) bare (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) pear (c) know
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) mist (c) peace
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) weight (b) flower (c) heal
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) no (b) hole (c) plain
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sea (b) toe (c) there
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) there (b) flu (c) pear
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) wait (c) one
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) mail (b) rose (c) son
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) flour (b) tow (c) week
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) pair (b) piece (c) plain
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) tail (b) tow (c) buy
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) here (b) hole (c) rode

Answer key

  1. write
  2. flower
  3. berry
  4. bare
  5. grown
  6. buy
  7. one
  8. new
  9. by
  10. brake
  11. knew
  12. peace
  13. night
  14. sun
  15. allowed
  16. plane
  17. tail
  18. maid
  19. wait
  20. here
  21. blue
  22. won
  23. weight
  24. rose
  25. dear
  26. toe
  27. male
  28. right
  29. sun
  30. allowed
  31. heal
  32. plain
  33. there
  34. pear
  35. meet
  36. rose
  37. week
  38. piece
  39. buy
  40. rode

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