Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 318 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) right (b) steal (c) past
2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) knew (b) pear (c) maid
3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) meet (b) sell (c) toe
4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) write (b) blue (c) dear
5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) blue (b) tale (c) dear
6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) by (b) right (c) knight
7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) road (b) ate (c) flower
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) by (b) steel (c) ate
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) deer (b) cell (c) flew
10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) missed (b) berry (c) groan
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) buy (b) weak (c) berry
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) right (b) ate (c) new
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) bear (b) peace (c) new
14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) won (b) tail (c) bury
15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) toe (b) bear (c) grown
16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) knew (b) berry (c) flour
17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) meat (b) flew (c) won
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) hole (b) won (c) know
19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) write (b) maid (c) buy
20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “knot”? (a) one (b) heal (c) not
21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) flower (b) weight (c) not
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “see”? (a) knight (b) sea (c) tow
23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) knight (b) see (c) sale
24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) road (b) by (c) brake
25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) road (b) dear (c) pair
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) knight (b) piece (c) berry
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) weak (b) know (c) eight
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) rows (b) wait (c) see
29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) pear (b) flower (c) brake
30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) ate (b) hear (c) aloud
31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) tail (b) allowed (c) knew
32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) son (b) plain (c) heal
33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) pear (c) allowed
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) their (b) toe (c) pear
35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) flower (c) cell
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) sea (b) hole (c) sell
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) heal (b) here (c) there
38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rose (b) male (c) dear
39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) one (b) son (c) whole
40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meat”? (a) meet (b) sale (c) no

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