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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 779 · 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 “peace”? (a) weight (b) tow (c) piece
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) knot (c) rose
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) write (b) bury (c) wait
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) heel (c) their
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) night (b) pear (c) maid
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) flour (b) plane (c) made
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) flew (c) sail
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) night (b) eight (c) rows
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) tow (b) night (c) meat
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) past (c) buy
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) aloud (b) dear (c) weak
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) passed (b) waste (c) plain
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) peace (b) weak (c) heal
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) new (b) meet (c) buy
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) road (b) tail (c) night
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) flu (b) sea (c) break
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) weight (b) road (c) toe
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) pear (b) here (c) flew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) wait (b) flour (c) blew
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) tale (c) by
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) male (b) knot (c) plain
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) peace (b) tail (c) heel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) weak (c) whole
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) write (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) rose (b) tail (c) tow
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) rode (b) no (c) sale
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) aloud (b) know (c) son
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) pair (c) peace
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flower (b) bare (c) see
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) mail (b) knew (c) maid
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) son (b) grown (c) meat
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) heel (b) bear (c) waist
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sale (b) sell (c) flour
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) heel (b) piece (c) plane
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) male (c) hole
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) past (b) brake (c) not
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) grown (b) see (c) blue
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) no (b) there (c) pair
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) rode (c) blue
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) past (b) flower (c) deer

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. blue
  3. bury
  4. made
  5. pear
  6. plane
  7. pear
  8. eight
  9. meat
  10. eight
  11. dear
  12. waste
  13. weak
  14. buy
  15. night
  16. sea
  17. toe
  18. flew
  19. blew
  20. meat
  21. plain
  22. tail
  23. missed
  24. steal
  25. tow
  26. sale
  27. know
  28. right
  29. see
  30. knew
  31. grown
  32. waist
  33. sell
  34. plane
  35. there
  36. not
  37. see
  38. pair
  39. flu
  40. flower

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