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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 897 · 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 “groan”? (a) plane (b) rode (c) grown
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) sale (b) deer (c) meet
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) there (b) break (c) sail
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) tow (c) meat
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) tale (b) cell (c) hear
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) no (b) flower (c) piece
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) son (b) won (c) sea
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) sail (b) berry (c) road
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) sell (c) mist
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) dear (b) plain (c) bare
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) hole (b) bury (c) tale
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) ate (b) knight (c) groan
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) aloud (b) see (c) flu
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) tale (b) rode (c) there
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) steel (b) sell (c) hole
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) plain (b) new (c) steel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) see (c) toe
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) sail (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) see (b) rode (c) not
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) knight (b) waste (c) cell
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) road (b) hole (c) maid
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) know (c) new
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) rode (c) see
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) tow (b) one (c) cell
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) passed (b) tale (c) whole
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) road (b) son (c) pear
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) no (b) tale (c) wait
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) missed (b) sail (c) pear
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) waste (b) buy (c) rode
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) right (b) blue (c) brake
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) won (b) night (c) cell
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) road (b) write (c) blew
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) berry (c) weight
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) waist (b) blew (c) piece
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) male (b) heal (c) meet
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) their (b) plane (c) toe
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) tow (c) by
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) meat (b) rows (c) plain
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) there (b) tail (c) hear
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) sun (b) toe (c) sea

Answer key

  1. grown
  2. deer
  3. sail
  4. road
  5. hear
  6. flower
  7. won
  8. berry
  9. flew
  10. bare
  11. bury
  12. ate
  13. flu
  14. there
  15. sell
  16. steel
  17. buy
  18. sun
  19. see
  20. cell
  21. maid
  22. piece
  23. bury
  24. one
  25. tale
  26. son
  27. wait
  28. missed
  29. buy
  30. blue
  31. night
  32. blew
  33. heel
  34. blew
  35. meet
  36. plane
  37. dear
  38. rows
  39. hear
  40. toe

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