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