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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 906 · 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 “past”? (a) passed (b) grown (c) dear
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) meet (c) here
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) ate (b) right (c) knew
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) passed (b) deer (c) flour
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) their (b) here (c) ate
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) missed (c) flower
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) meat (b) pair (c) mist
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sale (b) hear (c) cell
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) buy (b) brake (c) dear
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) bury (c) night
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) here (b) sale (c) peace
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) sail (b) sun (c) knight
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) aloud (b) plain (c) missed
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) week (b) know (c) sail
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) blue (b) sea (c) not
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) mist (c) by
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) won (b) ate (c) pair
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) piece (b) week (c) bury
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) steel (c) bear
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) weak (b) mail (c) knew
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) flu (b) grown (c) tail
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) new (b) break (c) flew
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) here (b) peace (c) write
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) mist (c) by
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) waste (b) allowed (c) right
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) steel
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) eight (b) right (c) knew
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) here (b) know (c) knot
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) passed (c) pear
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) steal (b) rode (c) berry
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) wait (b) won (c) night
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) weak (b) past (c) tow
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) won (c) wait
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) buy (b) heel (c) knight
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) mail (b) sea (c) toe
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) bare (c) night
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) one (b) aloud (c) sell
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) break (c) heel
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) night (b) steel (c) flew
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) missed (b) toe (c) steel

Answer key

  1. passed
  2. flower
  3. knew
  4. deer
  5. here
  6. pair
  7. mist
  8. hear
  9. dear
  10. bare
  11. peace
  12. sun
  13. plain
  14. sail
  15. not
  16. rose
  17. ate
  18. bury
  19. wait
  20. knew
  21. grown
  22. break
  23. write
  24. won
  25. allowed
  26. plane
  27. right
  28. knot
  29. waist
  30. berry
  31. night
  32. tow
  33. there
  34. heel
  35. sea
  36. write
  37. sell
  38. new
  39. flew
  40. missed

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