← Homophones by sound lesson New set →

Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 145 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. maid
  3. made
  4. rows
  5. heel
  6. deer
  7. wait
  8. heal
  9. meat
  10. by
  11. groan
  12. know
  13. hole
  14. blew
  15. flu
  16. right
  17. sun
  18. won
  19. won
  20. new
  21. whole
  22. hear
  23. sea
  24. week
  25. their
  26. berry
  27. toe
  28. blew
  29. peace
  30. passed
  31. made
  32. steal
  33. piece
  34. eight
  35. maid
  36. buy
  37. rows
  38. grown
  39. pear
  40. plane

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation