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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 887 · 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 “see”? (a) bear (b) sea (c) whole
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) berry (b) flu (c) sell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) sea (b) made (c) write
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) heal (b) plane (c) not
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) sale (b) cell (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) son (c) plane
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) weight (c) steel
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) groan (b) see (c) dear
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) road (b) sell (c) pair
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) bear (b) son (c) night
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) sun (b) eight (c) tale
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) son (c) new
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) dear (b) bare (c) here
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) heal (b) wait (c) meat
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mist (b) flower (c) mail
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) sea (b) week (c) meet
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sea (b) made (c) sun
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) dear (b) sale (c) there
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) brake (b) weak (c) meat
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) meet (b) deer (c) grown
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) pair (b) week (c) piece
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) groan (b) eight (c) peace
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) sun (b) berry (c) wait
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) pair (b) plain (c) wait
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sale (b) knight (c) meat
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) mail (b) made (c) buy
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) pair (b) week (c) plane
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) rose (b) knot (c) meat
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) berry (b) heel (c) allowed
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) flu (b) one (c) rode
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) piece (b) allowed (c) deer
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) not (b) weak (c) new
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) night (c) break
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) see (b) whole (c) waist
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) allowed (c) male
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) wait (c) meat
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) road (b) week (c) sun
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) week (b) blew (c) steel
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) maid (b) know (c) tale
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) blew (b) road (c) hole

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. sell
  3. write
  4. plane
  5. flower
  6. buy
  7. here
  8. dear
  9. pair
  10. night
  11. tale
  12. see
  13. bare
  14. wait
  15. mail
  16. meet
  17. sea
  18. there
  19. weak
  20. deer
  21. piece
  22. peace
  23. wait
  24. plain
  25. meat
  26. mail
  27. plane
  28. knot
  29. heel
  30. rode
  31. allowed
  32. new
  33. blue
  34. whole
  35. by
  36. hear
  37. week
  38. steel
  39. know
  40. hole

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