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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 890 · 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 “dear”? (a) deer (b) sea (c) bare
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) son (b) heel (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) pair (b) past (c) waste
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) see (c) passed
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) right (b) whole (c) not
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) there (c) made
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) tow (b) wait (c) deer
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) aloud (b) berry (c) heel
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) one (b) rode (c) berry
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) steel (c) cell
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) sea (b) peace (c) knot
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) steel (c) right
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) male (b) tale (c) toe
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) write (b) dear (c) pear
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) mail (c) waist
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) there (b) grown (c) week
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) peace (c) flew
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) hear (c) dear
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sell (b) flour (c) there
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) knight (b) right (c) their
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) rode (b) blue (c) bury
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) past (b) piece (c) dear
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) weight (b) by (c) knight
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) buy (b) flew (c) one
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) tale (c) male
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) one (b) whole (c) sun
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) weak (b) heal (c) peace
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) see (c) waste
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) waist (b) ate (c) flu
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) allowed (b) flour (c) past
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) whole (b) passed (c) allowed
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) bare (b) maid (c) tow
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sell (b) see (c) their
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) steal (b) won (c) rose
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) missed (b) blew (c) pear
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) made (c) piece
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) here (b) meat (c) sale
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) missed (c) blue
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) right (b) hear (c) sea
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) cell (b) pair (c) made

Answer key

  1. deer
  2. heel
  3. waste
  4. hole
  5. right
  6. rose
  7. wait
  8. berry
  9. rode
  10. buy
  11. peace
  12. piece
  13. tale
  14. pear
  15. here
  16. grown
  17. male
  18. new
  19. there
  20. right
  21. blue
  22. past
  23. by
  24. one
  25. plain
  26. whole
  27. peace
  28. write
  29. ate
  30. flour
  31. allowed
  32. maid
  33. their
  34. won
  35. blew
  36. missed
  37. sale
  38. no
  39. hear
  40. pair

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