Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 473 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) knot (b) whole (c) deer
2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “deer”? (a) dear (b) their (c) heal
3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) break (b) rose (c) cell
4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) week (b) steal (c) one
5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) right (b) sell (c) week
6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) bury (b) peace (c) knot
7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) there (b) brake (c) waist
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) right (b) flour (c) tow
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) by (b) berry (c) bare
10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) bare (b) son (c) blue
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) tale (b) bare (c) flour
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rode (b) son (c) bare
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “bare”? (a) meat (b) bear (c) their
14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) their (b) waste (c) night
15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) flew
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) weak (c) waist
17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) eight (b) rows (c) blue
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) aloud (b) pear (c) whole
19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) passed (c) sail
20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “break”? (a) plain (b) brake (c) there
21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) tale (b) plain (c) grown
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) peace (b) hole (c) hear
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) dear (b) night (c) know
24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “road”? (a) won (b) rode (c) knew
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) heel (b) hear (c) knot
26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) plain (c) write
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sell (b) deer (c) sun
28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) pair (b) tail (c) weight
29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) by (b) here (c) ate
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) made (b) tale (c) plane
31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plane”? (a) write (b) flew (c) plain
32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) rode (b) bury (c) tail
33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) whole (b) know (c) knew
34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) grown (c) waste
35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) won (b) past (c) heel
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) pair (b) made (c) here
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) missed (b) blew (c) passed
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) steel (b) son (c) plain
39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tow”? (a) eight (b) blew (c) toe
40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) waist (b) sale (c) cell

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