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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 834 · 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 “there”? (a) groan (b) their (c) road
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) flour (c) wait
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) deer (b) see (c) bear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) waste (c) peace
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) past (b) see (c) right
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) rose (c) sea
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) knot (c) toe
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) brake (b) ate (c) deer
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) write (c) berry
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) write (b) whole (c) see
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) right (b) aloud (c) weight
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) new (b) grown (c) road
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) won (b) ate (c) male
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) not (c) bare
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) rose (c) blew
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) no (b) plane (c) blue
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) aloud (b) weak (c) meat
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) steel (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) plane (b) won (c) mist
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) berry (b) hear (c) see
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) whole (b) flower (c) dear
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) tail (b) toe (c) waist
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) blue (b) son (c) flu
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) waste (b) by (c) blue
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) meat (c) knight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) their (b) berry (c) know
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) sail (b) tow (c) won
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) flower (b) sun (c) cell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) plane (b) grown (c) sea
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) flew (c) hear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mail (b) ate (c) mist
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) peace (b) hole (c) flew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) sell
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) meat (b) mail (c) heel
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) night (b) one (c) plain
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) break (b) made (c) wait
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) tale (c) rode
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) see (b) mist (c) bury
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) son (b) write (c) sale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) tail (b) write (c) wait

Answer key

  1. their
  2. week
  3. bear
  4. their
  5. see
  6. pear
  7. rows
  8. brake
  9. break
  10. whole
  11. weight
  12. road
  13. male
  14. berry
  15. cell
  16. plane
  17. weak
  18. berry
  19. mist
  20. hear
  21. flower
  22. waist
  23. son
  24. by
  25. made
  26. know
  27. tow
  28. sun
  29. sea
  30. week
  31. mist
  32. hole
  33. peace
  34. mail
  35. one
  36. wait
  37. sun
  38. bury
  39. sale
  40. write

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