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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 836 · 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 “berry”? (a) flour (b) bury (c) buy
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) their (c) tail
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) flu (b) steel (c) past
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) passed (c) not
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) grown (c) one
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) night (b) road (c) meet
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) right (b) bear (c) tale
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) no (b) see (c) tow
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) by (b) write (c) sea
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) blue (c) tale
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) blue (b) weak (c) hear
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) missed (c) tail
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) meat (c) rows
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) bare
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) tow (b) bear (c) hole
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) see (b) grown (c) flour
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mail (b) mist (c) eight
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) dear (c) sell
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) grown (b) past (c) piece
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) piece
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) sale (b) sell (c) know
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) plain (b) meet (c) toe
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) cell (b) bear (c) past
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) passed (b) right (c) meat
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) tale (b) write (c) pair
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) deer (c) bury
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) heel (c) eight
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) waist (c) new
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flew (b) sun (c) meet
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) pear (b) won (c) knight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) knight (b) hear (c) bear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) knight (c) aloud
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) one (b) here (c) road
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) blue (c) wait
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) aloud (b) one (c) by
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) write (b) plain (c) sell
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) rode (c) son
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) new (b) bear (c) whole
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) past (b) break (c) mail
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) rows (b) sell (c) break

Answer key

  1. bury
  2. flu
  3. past
  4. flew
  5. rows
  6. meet
  7. tale
  8. see
  9. by
  10. plane
  11. hear
  12. not
  13. steal
  14. grown
  15. hole
  16. grown
  17. mist
  18. sun
  19. piece
  20. missed
  21. know
  22. toe
  23. bear
  24. right
  25. write
  26. hear
  27. sea
  28. won
  29. meet
  30. knight
  31. bear
  32. tow
  33. road
  34. bury
  35. one
  36. sell
  37. made
  38. whole
  39. mail
  40. break

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