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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 811 · 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 “berry”? (a) sun (b) sea (c) bury
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) night (c) heel
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) son (c) piece
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) flour (b) see (c) buy
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) eight (b) hear (c) bear
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) deer (b) waste (c) their
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) their (b) right (c) knot
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) sell (c) flour
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) meet (b) tale (c) mail
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) sale (b) peace (c) write
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) write (c) allowed
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) passed (b) whole (c) knew
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) by (b) flower (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) blue (b) one (c) plain
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) hear (c) rows
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) grown (b) passed (c) meet
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) waist (c) sea
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) there (b) knight (c) piece
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) son (b) bury (c) eight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) made (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) dear (b) bare (c) new
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) right (c) steal
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) by (b) sea (c) pair
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) blew (b) heel (c) berry
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) right (b) steal (c) grown
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) no (b) one (c) flour
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) pear (b) sea (c) here
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) knew (b) there (c) blue
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) toe (b) their (c) by
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) one (b) maid (c) meet
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) knight (c) rode
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) right (c) sun
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) eight (b) plane (c) blew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) waist (b) past (c) knew
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) meat (b) road (c) pair
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) their (b) break (c) buy
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) by (c) cell
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) heal (b) knew (c) whole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) tow (b) see (c) rows
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) weight

Answer key

  1. bury
  2. peace
  3. know
  4. see
  5. bear
  6. waste
  7. right
  8. hole
  9. tale
  10. write
  11. flew
  12. whole
  13. rode
  14. plain
  15. see
  16. meet
  17. night
  18. knight
  19. eight
  20. son
  21. bare
  22. male
  23. pair
  24. berry
  25. grown
  26. one
  27. sea
  28. blue
  29. their
  30. meet
  31. sail
  32. weight
  33. blew
  34. knew
  35. road
  36. break
  37. tow
  38. knew
  39. rows
  40. cell

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