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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 901 · 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 “pear”? (a) weak (b) made (c) pair
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) knot (c) whole
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) write (b) weak (c) one
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) blew (b) road (c) tale
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) mail (b) flower (c) sun
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) eight (b) see (c) know
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) bear (b) berry (c) pear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) hole (b) bare (c) night
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) made (b) here (c) mail
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) eight (b) rode (c) wait
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) weak (c) rode
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) rows (c) hear
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) peace (c) bear
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) rose (c) flu
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) bury (b) tale (c) bare
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) heel (b) weight (c) bear
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) mail (b) week (c) right
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) male (b) flu (c) flour
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) here (b) plain (c) no
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) allowed (b) sell (c) meet
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) pair (b) brake (c) peace
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) berry (c) their
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) pair (b) no (c) knight
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) bare (b) break (c) sun
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) meet (c) plain
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) toe (b) know (c) tail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) road (c) sail
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) know (b) steel (c) mail
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) flower (b) allowed (c) hear
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) knew (b) rode (c) plain
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) past (b) son (c) waist
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) male (c) flour
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) no (c) blew
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knew (b) meat (c) ate
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) bare (b) past (c) mail
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) night (b) rows (c) plain
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) won (b) deer (c) maid
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) rode (c) toe
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) aloud (c) dear
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) see (b) waist (c) blew

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. week
  3. weak
  4. road
  5. flower
  6. see
  7. berry
  8. night
  9. mail
  10. rode
  11. flew
  12. peace
  13. by
  14. tail
  15. bare
  16. bear
  17. week
  18. flour
  19. no
  20. meet
  21. brake
  22. flu
  23. knight
  24. sun
  25. sea
  26. tail
  27. hole
  28. steel
  29. hear
  30. rode
  31. past
  32. not
  33. knew
  34. ate
  35. past
  36. rows
  37. maid
  38. dear
  39. berry
  40. waist

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