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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 867 · 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 “write”? (a) bury (b) right (c) eight
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) flew (b) brake (c) bury
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) no (b) meat (c) ate
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) missed (b) toe (c) flew
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sell (b) past (c) wait
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) groan (b) weight (c) one
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) whole (b) eight (c) blue
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) night (b) waste (c) flew
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) missed (c) rose
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) road (b) blew (c) weak
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) one (c) steal
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) male (c) berry
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knot (b) toe (c) rode
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) rows (b) night (c) wait
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) heal (b) knight (c) rows
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) flew (b) here (c) bare
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) plane (b) sun (c) peace
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) right (c) knew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) steal (b) know (c) groan
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) new (b) bury (c) night
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) steel (b) there (c) break
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) mail (b) by (c) knew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) won (b) no (c) week
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) mail (b) pair (c) steel
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) wait (b) there (c) mist
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) here (c) eight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) sail (b) flu (c) knot
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) there (b) right (c) plane
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) their (b) toe (c) brake
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) ate (b) peace (c) rows
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) flower (c) hear
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) one (c) missed
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) eight (c) here
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) tail (b) knight (c) not
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) rose (b) toe (c) right
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) dear (c) plain
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) there (b) sea (c) male
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) pair (b) passed (c) groan
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) grown (b) tow (c) sale
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) sell (b) steel (c) groan

Answer key

  1. right
  2. bury
  3. meat
  4. toe
  5. wait
  6. one
  7. whole
  8. flew
  9. hear
  10. blew
  11. mist
  12. their
  13. knot
  14. wait
  15. rows
  16. bare
  17. plane
  18. groan
  19. know
  20. night
  21. break
  22. knew
  23. week
  24. pair
  25. mist
  26. passed
  27. flu
  28. plane
  29. brake
  30. rows
  31. cell
  32. heal
  33. sale
  34. knight
  35. toe
  36. ate
  37. sea
  38. groan
  39. sale
  40. steel

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