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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 84 · 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 “their”? (a) night (b) there (c) tail
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) by (b) sail (c) flu
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) here (b) bare (c) rows
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) knight (b) see (c) sail
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) steal (c) son
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) flower (b) not (c) hole
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) piece (b) weak (c) blue
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) heal (b) new (c) steel
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) dear (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) missed (b) sale (c) flour
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) flew (c) aloud
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) rose (c) rode
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) won (c) sale
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) rose (c) groan
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) pear (c) knight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) heel (b) blue (c) flower
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) sail (c) hear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) write (b) knight (c) weight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) knight (b) plane (c) cell
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) pair (c) no
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) blue (b) heel (c) aloud
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) passed (c) tow
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) break (c) weight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) toe (b) groan (c) mail
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) steal (b) maid (c) here
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) weight (c) sun
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) allowed (c) dear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) plain (c) maid
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) sell
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) deer (b) by (c) meat
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) bear (c) plane
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) their (b) maid (c) steal
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) one (b) dear (c) by
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) meet (b) rose (c) sun
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sun (b) buy (c) grown
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) grown (b) meat (c) road
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) toe (b) son (c) bear
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) mail (b) flour (c) past
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) missed (c) there
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) there (b) road (c) know

Answer key

  1. there
  2. sail
  3. bare
  4. see
  5. tow
  6. hole
  7. blue
  8. steel
  9. right
  10. flour
  11. rose
  12. break
  13. deer
  14. knight
  15. eight
  16. flower
  17. flower
  18. knight
  19. plane
  20. tale
  21. heel
  22. week
  23. pair
  24. toe
  25. here
  26. piece
  27. right
  28. ate
  29. deer
  30. meat
  31. berry
  32. their
  33. dear
  34. rose
  35. buy
  36. road
  37. bear
  38. flour
  39. one
  40. know

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