Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 184 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) hear (b) toe (c) not
2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) blew (b) pear (c) made
3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) peace (b) steal (c) deer
4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) tail
5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) groan (b) meet (c) heel
6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) maid (b) right (c) waste
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) passed (b) by (c) flu
8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) son (b) passed (c) grown
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) there (b) flower (c) blew
10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) weight (b) berry (c) buy
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) blue (b) deer (c) heal
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) ate (b) sale (c) rows
13. 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) hear (b) flew (c) blue
14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) son (b) dear (c) waist
15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) sale (b) groan (c) son
16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) flower (b) wait (c) dear
17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) see (b) not (c) tale
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) male (b) blue (c) hear
19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) tail (c) pear
20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) weak (b) maid (c) aloud
21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) groan (b) toe (c) write
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) there (b) ate (c) grown
23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) allowed (b) sale (c) passed
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) grown (b) maid (c) night
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) allowed (b) new (c) sea
26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) not (c) tow
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) flower (b) sell (c) missed
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) buy (b) new (c) ate
29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) son (b) tail (c) wait
30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) write (b) night (c) tow
31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) night (b) allowed (c) made
32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) flour (b) sell (c) right
33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) wait (b) steel (c) tale
34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) made (b) road (c) blew
35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) male (b) past (c) see
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) rose (b) cell (c) bare
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) bury (b) knew (c) peace
38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) son (c) meat
39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) plane (c) write
40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) piece (b) hole (c) toe

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