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