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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 767 · 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 “deer”? (a) blue (b) dear (c) break
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) knew (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) bear (c) passed
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) pear (c) past
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) flew (b) sale (c) son
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) blue (c) peace
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) aloud (c) pear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) their (b) meet (c) brake
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) toe (b) night (c) plane
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) rose (c) sell
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) waste (b) brake (c) bury
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) rows (b) right (c) weight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) one (b) week (c) bear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sail (b) sea (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) peace (b) new (c) whole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) sale (c) weight
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) tail (b) not (c) right
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) bear (b) tale (c) brake
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) not (c) sale
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) by (b) grown (c) tow
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) missed (b) ate (c) sale
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) grown (c) hole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) passed (b) flu (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) piece (b) flu (c) waste
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) flour (b) plane (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) sea (b) made (c) their
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) knew (b) flour (c) heel
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) plane (b) groan (c) rose
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) deer (b) see (c) pair
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) knot (c) brake
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) cell (c) blue
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) by (c) grown
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) pair (b) steel (c) passed
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) knight (c) bury
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) knight (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) plane (b) bury (c) flower
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) male (b) son (c) no
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) pair (c) sale
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) passed (c) steel
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) weak (b) there (c) past

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. their
  3. mail
  4. break
  5. son
  6. one
  7. flour
  8. meet
  9. plane
  10. piece
  11. waste
  12. weight
  13. bear
  14. sea
  15. new
  16. pear
  17. right
  18. tale
  19. rows
  20. tow
  21. ate
  22. sell
  23. flu
  24. waste
  25. write
  26. made
  27. heel
  28. rose
  29. pair
  30. night
  31. allowed
  32. maid
  33. steel
  34. weak
  35. passed
  36. bury
  37. no
  38. grown
  39. flour
  40. past

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