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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 794 · 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) eight (b) dear (c) road
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) grown (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) here (b) ate (c) whole
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) here (c) deer
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) know (b) their (c) rode
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) bury (b) not (c) blew
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) waste (b) male (c) bear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) ate (c) rode
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) by (c) won
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) steel (b) buy (c) mail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) one (c) blue
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) sell (b) rose (c) won
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) waist (c) bare
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) deer (c) by
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) tail (b) whole (c) their
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) rode (c) peace
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) steal (b) won (c) sun
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) no (b) blew (c) weight
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) buy (b) there (c) knot
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) break (c) dear
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) toe (b) right (c) break
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flower (b) flew (c) sea
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) flower (c) dear
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) bear (b) heal (c) blew
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) break (c) bear
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) steal (c) rose
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) plane (b) son (c) pear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) bury (c) aloud
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) passed (b) tale (c) sea
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) blew (b) grown (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) male (b) bear (c) plane
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) bare (b) blue (c) sea
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) wait (b) maid (c) blue
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) plain (c) whole
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) road (c) heal
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) right (c) berry
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) mist (b) new (c) heel
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) grown (b) hole (c) there
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) flower (c) knight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) ate (b) knot (c) waist

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. write
  3. whole
  4. brake
  5. rode
  6. not
  7. male
  8. berry
  9. sell
  10. buy
  11. bare
  12. won
  13. rode
  14. their
  15. whole
  16. groan
  17. sun
  18. weight
  19. knot
  20. peace
  21. break
  22. flew
  23. waste
  24. blew
  25. heal
  26. know
  27. son
  28. by
  29. sea
  30. grown
  31. plane
  32. sea
  33. blue
  34. week
  35. hear
  36. groan
  37. heel
  38. hole
  39. tale
  40. knot

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