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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 757 · 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) sail (b) berry (c) mail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) plane (b) sun (c) sell
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) meet (b) one (c) past
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) night (c) aloud
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) blue (b) mist (c) no
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) knew (b) bare (c) see
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) pair (c) bear
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) sail (b) meat (c) hear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) bury (b) plane (c) blew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) flew (b) whole (c) know
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) meat (c) new
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) flower (b) week (c) plane
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) waist (c) write
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) wait (b) one (c) here
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) whole (b) new (c) pair
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) bare (b) son (c) sale
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) their (c) see
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) week (c) blue
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) waist (c) berry
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) brake (b) won (c) eight
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) no (c) brake
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) sale (b) flew (c) toe
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) waist (c) heel
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) mail (b) sell (c) road
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) past (c) week
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) ate (b) road (c) tow
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) here (b) deer (c) tow
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) made (b) toe (c) night
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) tail (b) berry (c) no
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) heal (b) meat (c) dear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) male (b) knew (c) road
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) hole (b) tow (c) peace
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) eight (b) rose (c) blew
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) pair (b) tale (c) tow
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) weak (c) night
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) mist (c) by
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) deer (b) piece (c) groan
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) rode (b) write (c) sun
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) not (c) write
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) sea (b) heal (c) steel

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. sun
  3. past
  4. blue
  5. mist
  6. see
  7. one
  8. meat
  9. bury
  10. whole
  11. son
  12. plane
  13. dear
  14. here
  15. pair
  16. sale
  17. peace
  18. hear
  19. ate
  20. won
  21. piece
  22. toe
  23. steel
  24. sell
  25. flower
  26. tow
  27. tow
  28. night
  29. no
  30. meat
  31. road
  32. peace
  33. blew
  34. tale
  35. write
  36. new
  37. groan
  38. write
  39. mist
  40. heal

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