← Homophones by sound lesson New set →

Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 206 · 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 “flew”? (a) flu (b) missed (c) hole
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) rows (b) pair (c) see
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) meat (c) blue
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) hole
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) sun (b) right (c) made
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) rose (b) weight (c) waste
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) made (b) sale (c) rows
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) flu (b) mail (c) peace
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) not (b) waste (c) pear
  10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rows”? (a) grown (b) son (c) rose
  11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) dear (b) mail (c) break
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) meat (b) there (c) peace
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) sea (b) son (c) no
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sail (b) one (c) see
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) meat (c) buy
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flower”? (a) flour (b) sale (c) one
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) dear (b) weight (c) new
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) new (b) steel (c) blue
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) write (b) allowed (c) tail
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) peace (b) berry (c) blew
  21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) past (b) see (c) break
  22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) son (b) missed (c) pair
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) son (b) brake (c) road
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) knot (b) mail (c) write
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) blue (b) tow (c) steel
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) weight (b) not (c) break
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) not (c) pair
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) hole (b) ate (c) hear
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) sea (b) eight (c) berry
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) sun (b) mist (c) weight
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) pair (b) male (c) tow
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) steal (b) maid (c) by
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) flour (b) allowed (c) bare
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) flower (b) break (c) plane
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) knot (c) ate
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) bury (b) groan (c) know
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) deer (b) blue (c) plane
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) tow (b) sail (c) no
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) night (b) sun (c) not
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) here (b) son (c) meet

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. see
  3. sell
  4. pair
  5. right
  6. waste
  7. sale
  8. flu
  9. waste
  10. rose
  11. dear
  12. peace
  13. son
  14. one
  15. knot
  16. flour
  17. weight
  18. steel
  19. tail
  20. blew
  21. break
  22. missed
  23. brake
  24. mail
  25. tow
  26. break
  27. heel
  28. hole
  29. berry
  30. weight
  31. male
  32. maid
  33. bare
  34. plane
  35. pair
  36. know
  37. plane
  38. sail
  39. sun
  40. meet

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