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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 914 · 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 “berry”? (a) there (b) hear (c) bury
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) dear (b) sail (c) flower
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) one (c) eight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) flour (b) by (c) plane
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) rode (b) tale (c) mail
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) night (b) see (c) peace
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) one (b) maid (c) their
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) weak (b) their (c) piece
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) toe (c) no
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) hole (c) blew
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) peace (b) not (c) rose
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) waste (b) plane (c) sale
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) weak (c) flu
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) grown (c) past
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) rode (c) sun
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) heal (b) no (c) meet
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) sail (b) meet (c) wait
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) wait (b) sun (c) blew
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) break (c) flower
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) tow (b) by (c) sell
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) ate (b) flour (c) waist
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) won (b) night (c) past
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) ate (b) hole (c) knot
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) toe (b) bare (c) son
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) hole (b) steal (c) eight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) no (b) flew (c) by
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) right (b) berry (c) waste
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “rode”? (a) won (b) deer (c) road
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) pair (c) knew
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) dear (b) flour (c) hear
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) know (b) male (c) bare
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) knight (c) right
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) eight (b) flower (c) tale
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) knot (c) passed
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) steel (c) berry
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) rose (c) wait
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) rows (b) groan (c) sun
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) new (c) plane
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) meet (b) sea (c) made
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) bury (b) flour (c) whole

Answer key

  1. bury
  2. sail
  3. tow
  4. plane
  5. mail
  6. see
  7. their
  8. their
  9. not
  10. deer
  11. not
  12. plane
  13. new
  14. tail
  15. flew
  16. meet
  17. wait
  18. blew
  19. piece
  20. by
  21. waist
  22. night
  23. knot
  24. bare
  25. steal
  26. by
  27. berry
  28. road
  29. won
  30. hear
  31. male
  32. brake
  33. tale
  34. blue
  35. dear
  36. passed
  37. sun
  38. bare
  39. sea
  40. whole

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