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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 896 · 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 “son”? (a) meat (b) steal (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) heal (b) pear (c) blue
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) heal (b) blew (c) knew
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) flour (b) plain (c) weak
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) sail (b) meat (c) flour
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) blew (b) whole (c) right
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) blew (b) sail (c) groan
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) one (b) flower (c) night
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) brake (b) sun (c) missed
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) heel (c) mail
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) sail (b) dear (c) meet
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) not (b) plain (c) pair
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) week (b) cell (c) flour
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) sea (c) sell
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) plane (c) rode
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) hear (b) grown (c) no
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flower (b) passed (c) hear
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) weak (b) sell (c) peace
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) their (b) one (c) piece
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) hole (b) won (c) break
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) hear (c) knew
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) tow (c) heel
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) waste (b) wait (c) blew
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) road (b) son (c) sail
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) meat (c) tail
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) right
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) bear (b) sale (c) maid
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) hear (b) right (c) blew
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) waste (b) rows (c) made
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) week (b) flew (c) male
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) pear (c) flour
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) flower (c) made
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) bare (b) missed (c) passed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) mist (b) night (c) waist
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) write (c) night
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) sail (c) bare
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) steal (c) night
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) night (c) sea
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) know (c) meat
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) missed (b) plain (c) buy

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. pear
  3. blew
  4. weak
  5. meat
  6. whole
  7. sail
  8. night
  9. missed
  10. toe
  11. dear
  12. plain
  13. cell
  14. pair
  15. week
  16. no
  17. hear
  18. peace
  19. piece
  20. break
  21. pear
  22. sell
  23. wait
  24. son
  25. deer
  26. rode
  27. sale
  28. right
  29. rows
  30. male
  31. see
  32. there
  33. missed
  34. night
  35. meet
  36. dear
  37. sail
  38. not
  39. weak
  40. buy

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