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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 909 · 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 “pair”? (a) groan (b) pear (c) mist
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) son (c) tale
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) eight (b) blue (c) hear
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) sun (b) mail (c) flew
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) peace (b) bare (c) past
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) dear (b) hear (c) grown
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) won (b) night (c) rose
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) pair (c) heel
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) know (b) see (c) one
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) night (c) sun
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) aloud (c) meet
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) meet (b) by (c) flu
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) pair (b) brake (c) knight
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) missed (c) deer
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) rows (b) hear (c) know
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) hole (b) here (c) waist
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) won (b) night (c) sell
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) blue (b) write (c) here
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) maid (b) sun (c) eight
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) here (b) tow (c) meet
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) heal (c) weak
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) aloud (c) whole
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) weight (b) sail (c) rode
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) mist (b) aloud (c) pair
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) sea (b) plane (c) dear
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) groan (b) pair (c) buy
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) tow (b) maid (c) hole
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) plain (b) won (c) rode
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) dear (b) heel (c) sale
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) rode (c) plane
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) tale (c) hear
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) peace (c) flower
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) pair (c) see
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) flower (c) sail
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) weight (b) tale (c) break
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) grown (b) won (c) dear
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) plain (b) sell (c) pair
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) sail (c) wait
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) berry (b) grown (c) male
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) their (b) allowed (c) steel

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. dear
  3. blue
  4. flew
  5. bare
  6. grown
  7. won
  8. whole
  9. one
  10. no
  11. plane
  12. by
  13. knight
  14. hole
  15. know
  16. here
  17. night
  18. blue
  19. eight
  20. tow
  21. eight
  22. waist
  23. weight
  24. aloud
  25. plane
  26. buy
  27. maid
  28. rode
  29. sale
  30. piece
  31. sell
  32. see
  33. right
  34. night
  35. tale
  36. dear
  37. pair
  38. maid
  39. male
  40. steel

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