Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 315 · 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 “waist”? (a) new (b) waste (c) pear
2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) tail (b) there (c) steal
3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) mail (b) week (c) new
4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) sell (b) dear (c) meat
5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) not (c) ate
6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) hear (b) weak (c) ate
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) tail (b) here (c) steel
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) see (b) rode (c) flour
9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) new (b) tail (c) flu
10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) berry (b) bear (c) by
11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) waste (b) tale (c) steal
12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) write (b) sun (c) sell
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) sell (b) road (c) buy
14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) their (b) waist (c) weak
15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) eight (b) won (c) hole
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “there”? (a) rose (b) their (c) no
17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) tale (b) here (c) rode
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) steal (b) knew (c) sale
19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) cell (b) hole (c) road
20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) hear (c) dear
21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) weak (b) flower (c) pear
22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) ate (b) knew (c) hear
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) bury (b) break (c) tale
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) made (b) week (c) won
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knot (b) piece (c) knight
26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) weight (b) berry (c) knew
27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) waist (b) right (c) meet
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) sail (c) rose
29. 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) ate (b) rose (c) wait
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) whole (b) eight (c) right
31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “steal”? (a) steel (b) mist (c) male
32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) plain (b) there (c) meat
33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) not (b) whole (c) knew
34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) aloud (b) hole (c) blew
35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) waist (b) tow (c) flower
36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) tale (b) new (c) pear
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) night (b) pear (c) week
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) berry (b) rows (c) passed
39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) heel (b) steel (c) past
40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) meat (b) sun (c) flower

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