Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 239 · 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 “hear”? (a) here (b) meet (c) maid
2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) know (c) week
3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) made (b) waste (c) berry
4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) night (b) rode (c) hear
5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) brake (c) whole
6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) week (b) son (c) dear
7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) pair (c) aloud
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) knew (b) there (c) rode
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) knot (b) buy (c) know
10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) pear (b) ate (c) weight
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) buy (b) heel (c) meet
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) waste (c) knew
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) male (c) mist
14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) maid (b) passed (c) night
15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) write (b) by (c) cell
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) steal (b) maid (c) mail
17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) knew (b) made (c) there
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) knight (b) know (c) tow
19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) buy
20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) knot (b) eight (c) sell
21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) cell (b) hear (c) blew
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) cell (b) passed (c) night
23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) meet (c) blue
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) dear (b) male (c) tail
25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) right (b) groan (c) deer
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) blue (b) hear (c) see
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) toe (c) knew
28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) wait (b) night (c) whole
29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) break (b) dear (c) grown
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) sell (c) flew
31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) brake (c) see
32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) sea (c) cell
33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) not (b) pair (c) sale
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “mist”? (a) aloud (b) whole (c) missed
35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) their (b) week (c) weight
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) heel (c) week
37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) bear (b) weak (c) berry
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) toe (b) peace (c) ate
39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) sail (c) tale
40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) flour (b) week (c) meat

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