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.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) son (b) see (c) tail
- 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) hear (b) by (c) berry
- 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) buy (b) flower (c) son
- 4.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) sell (c) one
- 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) bury (b) rode (c) waist
- 6.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) buy (b) ate (c) no
- 7.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) buy (b) know (c) wait
- 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) pair (b) groan (c) deer
- 9.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) one (b) week (c) bear
- 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) made (b) rose (c) blue
- 11.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) week (c) write
- 12.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) sea (b) hear (c) maid
- 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) meet (b) waste (c) here
- 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flew”? (a) knew (b) flu (c) night
- 15.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) plain (b) toe (c) right
- 16.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) hole (b) flower (c) maid
- 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heel”? (a) whole (b) heal (c) blew
- 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) sea (b) their (c) passed
- 19.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) wait (b) heel (c) allowed
- 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) mist (b) deer (c) waist
- 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) night (b) rows (c) aloud
- 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “ate”? (a) one (b) heal (c) eight
- 23.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) flu (b) waist (c) meet
- 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) knight (b) cell (c) maid
- 25.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) won (b) meat (c) mail
- 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) bare (b) there (c) new
- 27.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) steal (b) tail (c) rose
- 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) dear (b) grown (c) one
- 29.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) write (c) mail
- 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) meet (c) sail
- 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weak”? (a) their (b) one (c) week
- 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) tow (b) break (c) pair
- 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) here (c) grown
- 34.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) waist (b) won (c) knot
- 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) blew (c) write
- 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) buy (b) bury (c) their
- 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) flew (c) meet
- 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “weight”? (a) pear (b) wait (c) flower
- 39.Which word sounds exactly like “male”? (a) deer (b) mail (c) see
- 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) weak (b) cell (c) pear
Answer key
- son
- by
- buy
- tow
- waist
- no
- know
- pair
- one
- made
- grown
- hear
- waste
- flu
- toe
- flower
- heal
- their
- allowed
- mist
- night
- eight
- meet
- maid
- meat
- there
- tail
- one
- knew
- steal
- week
- break
- tail
- won
- bury
- right
- wait
- pear
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