Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 159 · 40 questions

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.

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

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