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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 809 · 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 “meet”? (a) blue (b) knew (c) meat
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) past (b) mail (c) bear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) meat (b) mist (c) steal
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) meet (c) rose
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) dear (b) waist (c) flew
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) pair (b) male (c) road
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) night (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) maid (b) night (c) meet
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) groan (c) peace
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) know (b) allowed (c) break
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) steal (b) flour (c) whole
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) blew (b) know (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) deer (c) not
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) sale (b) week (c) plane
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) not (b) won (c) hole
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) waste (c) berry
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) wait (c) berry
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) by
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) eight (b) their (c) week
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) pair (b) flour (c) right
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) bare (c) sell
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) flew (b) no (c) groan
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) pair
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) sail (c) flower
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) sail (b) heel (c) toe
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) heel (b) sale (c) bare
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) son (c) missed
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) son (b) sail (c) berry
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) mail (b) rows (c) buy
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) meet (c) sea
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) waist (b) buy (c) sail
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) see (c) know
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) knot (b) pear (c) bare
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) berry (b) cell (c) knot
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) pair (b) passed (c) no
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) aloud (b) flu (c) knot
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) wait (b) rose (c) ate
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) waist (c) buy
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) hear (b) plain (c) weight
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) write (b) flower (c) passed

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. bear
  3. steal
  4. one
  5. waist
  6. road
  7. son
  8. meet
  9. know
  10. allowed
  11. whole
  12. peace
  13. sail
  14. plane
  15. not
  16. not
  17. road
  18. sea
  19. week
  20. flour
  21. there
  22. no
  23. berry
  24. one
  25. toe
  26. bare
  27. waist
  28. berry
  29. buy
  30. their
  31. sail
  32. right
  33. pear
  34. knot
  35. passed
  36. knot
  37. ate
  38. bury
  39. weight
  40. write

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