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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 804 · 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 “past”? (a) passed (b) one (c) here
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) weak (c) sail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flower (b) not (c) male
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) male (c) sun
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) mist (b) grown (c) maid
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) knot (b) flower (c) plane
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) wait
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) here (b) sea (c) peace
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) missed (b) brake (c) maid
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) passed (b) there (c) maid
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) see (b) break (c) plane
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) weight (b) grown (c) bear
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) break (b) bare (c) knot
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) knot (c) mail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) sale (c) past
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) plain (b) their (c) road
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) hear (b) mist (c) knew
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) hole (b) peace (c) knew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) mail (b) knight (c) toe
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) groan (b) pear (c) buy
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) write (b) toe (c) heel
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) rows (c) meet
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) sun (c) meet
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) maid (c) there
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) cell (b) not (c) one
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) heel (b) rode (c) sea
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) new (b) flew (c) peace
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) tail (b) plain (c) pair
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) male (b) missed (c) grown
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) grown (b) rows (c) write
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) hear (b) night (c) break
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) sail (b) bare (c) rows
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) right (b) road (c) rows
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) dear (b) rows (c) bare
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) knot (b) heel (c) rode
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sea (b) night (c) sail
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) sale (b) right (c) road
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) week (b) rode (c) new
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) blew (c) mist
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) brake (c) won

Answer key

  1. passed
  2. bury
  3. not
  4. flu
  5. maid
  6. plane
  7. wait
  8. sea
  9. brake
  10. there
  11. plane
  12. bear
  13. bare
  14. made
  15. tow
  16. road
  17. mist
  18. knew
  19. toe
  20. pear
  21. heel
  22. cell
  23. weak
  24. meat
  25. not
  26. sea
  27. peace
  28. pair
  29. missed
  30. write
  31. night
  32. rows
  33. road
  34. bare
  35. rode
  36. sail
  37. sale
  38. new
  39. meet
  40. knot

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