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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 847 · 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 “bare”? (a) know (b) weight (c) bear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) week (b) pear (c) blue
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) missed (b) meat (c) rows
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) pear (c) knew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) dear (b) sea (c) peace
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sea (b) sun (c) missed
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) sell (b) rose (c) one
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) dear (c) tale
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) missed (b) deer (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) mail (b) flower (c) their
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) weight (b) bear (c) made
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) toe (c) won
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) meet (c) waist
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) berry (b) steel (c) won
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) flew (c) heal
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) tail (b) wait (c) pear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) mail (c) sell
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) sun (c) weight
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) flu (b) tail (c) new
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) by (b) missed (c) made
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sale (b) mist (c) sun
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) one (b) right (c) sell
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) sun (c) waist
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) blue (b) by (c) deer
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) blue (b) rode (c) break
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) blue (b) mist (c) night
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) plane (b) blew (c) waste
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) flew (b) blew (c) brake
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) heal (b) mist (c) past
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) one (b) blue (c) brake
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) rows (b) see (c) there
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) eight (b) hear (c) rode
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) bury (b) break (c) flour
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) meet (c) maid
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) week (b) ate (c) new
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) rose (b) by (c) tow
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) new (b) tail (c) tow
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) break (c) wait
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) rose (c) deer
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) won (c) mail

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. week
  3. rows
  4. berry
  5. sea
  6. sun
  7. one
  8. knight
  9. deer
  10. their
  11. made
  12. there
  13. hole
  14. steel
  15. weight
  16. pear
  17. here
  18. meat
  19. new
  20. made
  21. sun
  22. sell
  23. buy
  24. by
  25. rode
  26. mist
  27. waste
  28. brake
  29. heal
  30. blue
  31. see
  32. hear
  33. flour
  34. sale
  35. new
  36. by
  37. tow
  38. tale
  39. whole
  40. break

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