Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 187 · 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 “hole”? (a) tail (b) write (c) whole
2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) passed (b) sun (c) their
3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) see (b) rose (c) grown
4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) tow (b) there (c) peace
5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) write (b) knot (c) male
6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) meat (c) hole
7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) weight (b) sun (c) hole
8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) here (c) waist
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) hole (b) pear (c) toe
10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) one (b) groan (c) steel
11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) sale (c) groan
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) break (b) plain (c) here
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) knot (b) break (c) no
14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) son (c) tow
15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) steal (c) bury
16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) sail (b) peace (c) tail
17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) rose (b) pair (c) wait
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) rows (c) heel
19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) flour (b) there (c) week
20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) allowed (c) flu
21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) deer (c) write
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) rose (c) hear
23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) wait (b) ate (c) pear
24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) mail (b) aloud (c) bear
25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) steel (c) pear
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hear”? (a) here (b) sun (c) rows
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) by (b) there (c) plain
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sun”? (a) heel (b) past (c) son
29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flew (b) tale (c) flower
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) waist (b) pear (c) flower
31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) tale (b) blue (c) son
32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) maid (b) hear (c) know
33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mail”? (a) male (b) passed (c) their
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) peace (b) won (c) made
35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) sea (b) flour (c) brake
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) toe (b) sell (c) sun
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) mist (b) flower (c) rose
38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) berry (b) hear (c) passed
39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) plane (b) heal (c) meat
40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) pear (c) mail

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