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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 821 · 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 “by”? (a) sale (b) peace (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) here (b) dear (c) wait
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) whole (b) sale (c) maid
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) knight (b) sail (c) plane
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) here (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) pear (c) not
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) there (b) bare (c) heel
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) knot (b) sail (c) pair
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) heal (b) grown (c) flu
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) plane (b) by (c) rose
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) won (c) write
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) no (b) eight (c) wait
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) groan (b) blew (c) steal
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sale (b) tail (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) new (b) whole (c) piece
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) meet (c) flew
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) aloud (c) bare
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) blew (b) tow (c) whole
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) tail (c) bear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) peace (b) buy (c) their
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) aloud (b) week (c) pear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) rode (b) knight (c) flour
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) past (c) meat
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) knight (b) wait (c) won
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) male (b) maid (c) sale
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) bury (b) right (c) past
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) steel (b) plane (c) hole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) hear (b) meet (c) bear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) new (b) sail (c) allowed
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) week (b) rode (c) plain
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) bury (b) brake (c) allowed
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) rows (b) road (c) berry
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) allowed (b) deer (c) whole
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) pair (b) blew (c) break
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) tail (b) not (c) groan
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) flu (c) waist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) pear (b) not (c) see
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) male
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) road (b) tail (c) cell
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) hear (c) past

Answer key

  1. buy
  2. dear
  3. maid
  4. sail
  5. flew
  6. knight
  7. bare
  8. pair
  9. flu
  10. by
  11. groan
  12. wait
  13. steal
  14. tow
  15. piece
  16. sell
  17. night
  18. whole
  19. won
  20. their
  21. pear
  22. flour
  23. sale
  24. wait
  25. sale
  26. past
  27. plane
  28. meet
  29. allowed
  30. plain
  31. brake
  32. road
  33. deer
  34. break
  35. groan
  36. right
  37. not
  38. here
  39. cell
  40. berry

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