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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 786 · 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 “knew”? (a) rows (b) their (c) new
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) plane
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) whole (b) rows (c) toe
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) hole (c) heel
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) cell (b) rose (c) missed
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) hear (c) blue
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) here (b) cell (c) pair
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) toe (b) tail (c) night
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) waist (b) new (c) mail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) waist (c) tale
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) road (b) knot (c) peace
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) won (c) bear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) waist (c) sale
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) no (b) past (c) hear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) knew (b) rose (c) their
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) rose (b) see (c) waist
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) bare (b) week (c) sea
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flower (b) missed (c) maid
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tail (b) pair (c) one
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) eight (b) night (c) hear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) peace (c) knot
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) there (b) passed (c) plane
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) steal (b) sea (c) knight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) plane (c) peace
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) son (c) bear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) not (b) no (c) meet
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) steal (c) waist
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) passed (b) road (c) not
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) meat (b) waist (c) mail
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) flew (b) pear (c) buy
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) berry (c) past
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) made (b) peace (c) blue
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) road (b) brake (c) meet
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) won (b) berry (c) there
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) eight (b) heel (c) past
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) hear (b) waist (c) dear
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) rose (b) dear (c) new
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) missed (b) write (c) flour
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) tow (b) bury (c) break
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) passed (c) right

Answer key

  1. new
  2. deer
  3. rows
  4. ate
  5. missed
  6. groan
  7. cell
  8. tail
  9. mail
  10. meet
  11. road
  12. here
  13. blue
  14. hear
  15. their
  16. see
  17. week
  18. maid
  19. pair
  20. night
  21. sell
  22. plane
  23. sea
  24. weak
  25. right
  26. no
  27. know
  28. road
  29. waist
  30. pear
  31. sale
  32. peace
  33. brake
  34. berry
  35. heel
  36. dear
  37. new
  38. flour
  39. bury
  40. rows

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