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