Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 461 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) deer (b) bare (c) peace
2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) wait (b) cell (c) made
3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) brake (c) past
4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) sail (b) rows (c) mist
5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) peace (b) won (c) bare
6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) deer (b) plain (c) write
7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) pear (b) sail (c) meat
8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) know (b) sail (c) knew
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) week (b) one (c) made
10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) deer (b) here (c) bury
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) knew (b) road (c) tail
12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) know (b) right (c) plain
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) knot (b) break (c) rows
14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) pear (b) waist (c) hole
15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) here (b) berry (c) passed
16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) blew (b) heal (c) plain
17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) heal (b) road (c) sail
18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) waste (b) pair (c) bear
19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “right”? (a) past (b) won (c) write
20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) one (b) aloud (c) plain
21. 21.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) knew (b) road (c) cell
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) here (b) heal (c) steal
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) steel (b) whole (c) ate
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) eight (b) waist (c) sell
25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “week”? (a) weak (b) peace (c) waste
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) pear (c) heel
27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pear”? (a) there (b) pair (c) cell
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) wait (b) their (c) missed
29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) sale (b) blew (c) hole
30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) their (b) steal (c) weight
31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) sun (c) won
32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) plane (b) write (c) steel
33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) rode (b) wait (c) male
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) piece (b) pair (c) flour
35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) tail (b) heel (c) made
36. 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) mail (b) allowed (c) not
37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) made (b) there (c) berry
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) no (b) there (c) aloud
39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) knew (b) maid (c) tail
40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) berry (b) by (c) rose

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