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