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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 95 · 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 “buy”? (a) plane (b) knot (c) by
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) piece (b) rose (c) knight
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) sale (b) rode (c) deer
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) bare (b) not (c) rose
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) cell (b) meet (c) rose
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) pair (b) sale (c) here
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) maid (b) blew (c) steel
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) blue (c) buy
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) heal (c) mist
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) maid (b) their (c) right
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) rows (b) pear (c) write
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) pair (b) bare (c) grown
  13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) mail (c) flour
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) groan (b) pair (c) berry
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) road (b) past (c) sell
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) plain (b) mist (c) their
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) no (b) allowed (c) buy
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) groan (c) rode
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) grown (b) hear (c) their
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) hole (b) steal (c) rows
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) sun (b) plane (c) grown
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) deer (b) groan (c) passed
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) road (b) waste (c) heel
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) deer (b) blew (c) brake
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) no (b) plane (c) knight
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “allowed”? (a) aloud (b) knight (c) piece
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) meat (c) steal
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) flew (b) pair (c) cell
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) allowed (c) flower
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) see (b) pear (c) passed
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) heel (b) meat (c) right
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) flour (c) see
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) know (b) cell (c) maid
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) flu (b) son (c) mail
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) whole (b) meat (c) weight
  36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) made (b) dear (c) mail
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) cell (b) tow (c) rose
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) knew (c) see
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) meet (c) grown
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) know (c) son

Answer key

  1. by
  2. piece
  3. deer
  4. not
  5. meet
  6. here
  7. steel
  8. made
  9. hear
  10. maid
  11. write
  12. bare
  13. won
  14. pair
  15. past
  16. mist
  17. allowed
  18. sail
  19. grown
  20. rows
  21. grown
  22. passed
  23. heel
  24. blew
  25. knight
  26. aloud
  27. cell
  28. cell
  29. flew
  30. passed
  31. right
  32. heal
  33. maid
  34. son
  35. whole
  36. dear
  37. rose
  38. berry
  39. here
  40. their

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