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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 815 · 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 “pair”? (a) bury (b) mist (c) pear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) weight (b) buy (c) dear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) eight (c) sail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) by (b) flour (c) blue
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) sun (b) flour (c) past
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) won (c) road
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) flew (c) one
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) week (b) buy (c) flu
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) toe (c) knew
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) mail (b) heal (c) rose
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) mist (b) knew (c) ate
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) sea (b) flu (c) knight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) sale (b) brake (c) flu
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) one (b) by (c) weight
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) blue (c) eight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) heel (c) pair
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) hear (b) piece (c) not
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) write (b) tail (c) missed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) write (c) grown
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) their (b) write (c) toe
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) cell (b) hole (c) meat
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bare (b) blue (c) knew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) sea (b) ate (c) knot
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) steal (b) by (c) toe
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) dear (b) know (c) bury
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) male (c) week
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) berry (b) wait (c) week
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) one (b) made (c) eight
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) rose (b) sail (c) write
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) piece (c) waist
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) deer (b) heal (c) sea
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) allowed (b) plane (c) missed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) made (b) won (c) steal
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) steal (b) aloud (c) missed
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) blue (b) aloud (c) sea
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) berry
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) write (b) heel (c) mail
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) plain (b) berry (c) flu
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) new (b) by (c) passed
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) knew (c) eight

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. buy
  3. son
  4. flour
  5. past
  6. see
  7. toe
  8. flu
  9. heal
  10. rose
  11. ate
  12. knight
  13. brake
  14. weight
  15. here
  16. deer
  17. not
  18. missed
  19. sun
  20. write
  21. hole
  22. bare
  23. knot
  24. toe
  25. know
  26. hear
  27. week
  28. eight
  29. sail
  30. bear
  31. sea
  32. plane
  33. won
  34. aloud
  35. sea
  36. passed
  37. heel
  38. berry
  39. by
  40. buy

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