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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 874 · 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 “bury”? (a) berry (b) deer (c) mist
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) toe (c) break
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) sun (b) past (c) hole
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) toe (c) knot
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) write (b) sail (c) peace
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) steel (b) rose (c) road
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) one (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) bare (b) steal (c) sail
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) blue (b) night (c) meat
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) one (b) here (c) aloud
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) blew (c) one
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) by (b) sell (c) their
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) steal (b) male (c) hear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) waste (c) tow
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) meat (b) plain (c) maid
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) rows (b) night (c) mail
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) sea (c) cell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) blue (b) mail (c) buy
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) mail (b) weak (c) dear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) new (b) groan (c) see
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) plane (b) rode (c) weak
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) piece
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) bury (c) write
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) wait (b) cell (c) see
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) by (c) whole
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) new (c) waist
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) waste (b) toe (c) cell
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) meat (b) sea (c) by
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) piece (c) flu
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) brake (b) flower (c) steel
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) tow (c) ate
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) ate (b) brake (c) pair
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) one (b) male (c) meat
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) blue (b) hole (c) plane
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) deer (b) meet (c) mail
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) not (b) berry (c) their
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) break (b) steel (c) blue
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) flu (b) one (c) tale
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) by (b) flour (c) heel
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) grown (c) tale

Answer key

  1. berry
  2. bury
  3. hole
  4. new
  5. sail
  6. road
  7. break
  8. steal
  9. meat
  10. aloud
  11. piece
  12. their
  13. male
  14. flower
  15. meat
  16. night
  17. peace
  18. mail
  19. dear
  20. see
  21. rode
  22. here
  23. tow
  24. see
  25. passed
  26. past
  27. toe
  28. by
  29. hole
  30. steel
  31. made
  32. pair
  33. male
  34. plane
  35. mail
  36. berry
  37. blue
  38. flu
  39. heel
  40. flu

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