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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 920 · 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 “deer”? (a) eight (b) whole (c) dear
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) hear (b) sun (c) pair
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) cell (c) weight
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) tail (b) sell (c) sale
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bare (b) bury (c) there
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) plain (b) buy (c) rows
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sun (b) cell (c) hear
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sell (b) past (c) bare
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) bare (c) passed
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) right (b) sail (c) sea
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) won (c) son
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) weak (b) heel (c) grown
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) tail (b) piece (c) bare
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) rode (b) pair (c) here
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) brake (b) not (c) buy
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) tail (b) their (c) heel
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) night (b) tail (c) deer
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) break (c) passed
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) here (b) meet (c) mist
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) knight (b) hear (c) pair
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) piece (b) ate (c) rode
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) weight (b) right (c) allowed
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) tail (c) heal
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) rows (b) brake (c) steel
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) flu (b) wait (c) their
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) weight (b) knot (c) won
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) bare (b) knot (c) see
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) berry (b) sea (c) buy
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) groan (b) blew (c) break
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) week (b) wait (c) peace
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) sea (b) made (c) groan
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) meet (b) deer (c) buy
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) bare (b) hole (c) berry
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) eight (b) heal (c) sell
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) berry (b) their (c) plain
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) flower (b) road (c) meet
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) steal (b) whole (c) see
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) piece (c) buy
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) mail (c) won
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) waist

Answer key

  1. dear
  2. sun
  3. mist
  4. sale
  5. bury
  6. rows
  7. hear
  8. sell
  9. cell
  10. sea
  11. rode
  12. grown
  13. piece
  14. here
  15. not
  16. heel
  17. deer
  18. dear
  19. here
  20. pair
  21. rode
  22. allowed
  23. new
  24. steel
  25. wait
  26. won
  27. knot
  28. buy
  29. blew
  30. peace
  31. made
  32. meet
  33. berry
  34. heal
  35. their
  36. meet
  37. whole
  38. flu
  39. know
  40. knight

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