← Homophones by sound lesson New set →

Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 148 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) blew (b) bury (c) sail
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) by (b) pear (c) cell
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) groan (b) made (c) rode
  4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) ate (b) bury (c) flu
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) passed (b) rode (c) sale
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) mist (b) here (c) deer
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) past (b) knight (c) by
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) weight (b) allowed (c) bury
  9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) blew (b) steal (c) son
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) new (b) rose (c) flu
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) sun (b) hear (c) rows
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) meat (b) made (c) hole
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) groan (b) see (c) pear
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) blew (b) there (c) bury
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) tale (b) sea (c) made
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) sell (c) buy
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) no (b) eight (c) made
  18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) rows (c) flew
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) night (b) sea (c) peace
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) hear (b) flower (c) know
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) not (b) waist (c) wait
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) rode (b) aloud (c) tale
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) not (b) wait (c) brake
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sea (b) sale (c) road
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) waist (c) peace
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) allowed (c) eight
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) heel (b) not (c) tail
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) waist (b) blew (c) piece
  29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) hear (b) night (c) maid
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) plain (b) bury (c) rose
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) road (b) meat (c) won
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) brake (b) piece (c) toe
  33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) brake (b) plane (c) won
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) eight (b) maid (c) there
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) rode (b) knot (c) aloud
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) pear (b) won (c) buy
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) sell (b) waist (c) knot
  38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) wait (c) sea
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) knew (b) mist (c) one
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) wait (b) here (c) rose

Answer key

  1. sail
  2. cell
  3. rode
  4. flu
  5. passed
  6. mist
  7. by
  8. bury
  9. son
  10. rose
  11. hear
  12. meat
  13. pear
  14. there
  15. sea
  16. groan
  17. eight
  18. blew
  19. peace
  20. know
  21. waist
  22. tale
  23. brake
  24. sale
  25. bear
  26. brake
  27. heel
  28. blew
  29. maid
  30. plain
  31. meat
  32. toe
  33. won
  34. there
  35. rode
  36. buy
  37. knot
  38. hole
  39. one
  40. here

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