← Homophones by sound lesson New set →

Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 400 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. missed
  2. grown
  3. whole
  4. pair
  5. grown
  6. there
  7. blue
  8. heel
  9. plain
  10. toe
  11. deer
  12. berry
  13. flower
  14. sea
  15. berry
  16. pear
  17. past
  18. sail
  19. buy
  20. blew
  21. sun
  22. waste
  23. write
  24. sell
  25. night
  26. heel
  27. write
  28. there
  29. sale
  30. steal
  31. ate
  32. bare
  33. male
  34. male
  35. bare
  36. groan
  37. flew
  38. meat
  39. knight
  40. deer

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation