Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 269 · 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 “by”? (a) buy (b) right (c) waste
2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) eight (b) heal (c) missed
3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) break (b) plane (c) son
4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) rose (b) sail (c) mist
5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) see (b) allowed (c) no
6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) rows (b) hear (c) sail
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) flew (c) here
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) whole (b) aloud (c) knot
9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) waste (c) break
10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) flew (b) break (c) there
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) ate (b) deer (c) piece
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) pair (b) flu (c) plain
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) night (b) blue (c) plane
14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) won (b) berry (c) knot
15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) berry (b) heel (c) groan
16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) grown (b) passed (c) brake
17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) sail (b) steel (c) weak
18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) there (c) heal
19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) made (b) sail (c) meet
20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) their (c) steal
21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) waste (b) knight (c) tail
22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) sea (b) tale (c) peace
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) new (b) no (c) heal
24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) whole (b) week (c) sell
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) sea (b) steal (c) hear
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) meet (b) blue (c) steal
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) steel (c) tale
28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) knew (c) sun
29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) wait (b) knew (c) male
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) allowed (b) peace (c) new
31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) brake (b) knot (c) write
32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) one (c) there
33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) new (b) heel (c) deer
34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) bare
35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) by (b) sell (c) plain
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) passed (b) ate (c) waste
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) toe (b) waste (c) blue
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) break (b) right (c) weight
39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) whole (c) sale
40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) steel (b) piece (c) groan

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