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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 845 · 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) pear (b) see (c) wait
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) see (b) brake (c) meet
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) waist (b) mist (c) see
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) made (b) dear (c) wait
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) male (b) maid (c) knight
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) plane (b) bear (c) allowed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) hear (b) buy (c) new
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) cell (b) not (c) knew
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) see (b) past (c) waste
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) see (b) brake (c) blew
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) heal (c) tale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) piece (b) hole (c) rows
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) heal (c) berry
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) wait (b) knight (c) bare
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) bare (b) won (c) sail
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) steal (c) their
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) blew (c) one
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) night (b) right (c) blue
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) by (c) bear
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) ate (b) aloud (c) knot
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) meet (c) sun
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) sale (b) peace (c) past
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) write (b) mail (c) rode
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sun (b) bear (c) made
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) son (b) by (c) road
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) allowed (c) plain
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) waist (b) maid (c) dear
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) passed (b) peace (c) right
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) week (b) piece (c) their
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) allowed (b) tow (c) hear
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) knot (c) maid
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) meet (b) knew (c) waste
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) dear (b) sun (c) eight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) passed (c) not
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) flew (b) eight (c) rose
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) berry (b) by (c) mist
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) bury
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) allowed (b) see (c) rows
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) sun (b) no (c) deer
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) knight (b) flu (c) their

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. brake
  3. see
  4. dear
  5. maid
  6. allowed
  7. buy
  8. cell
  9. waste
  10. brake
  11. there
  12. hole
  13. rows
  14. knight
  15. sail
  16. won
  17. bear
  18. blue
  19. steel
  20. knot
  21. ate
  22. peace
  23. rode
  24. sun
  25. son
  26. heal
  27. dear
  28. peace
  29. their
  30. hear
  31. whole
  32. knew
  33. eight
  34. cell
  35. rose
  36. mist
  37. bury
  38. rows
  39. no
  40. flu

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