Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 512 · 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 “by”? (a) heel (b) buy (c) cell
2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) meat (c) one
3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) new (b) mail (c) flew
4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) break (b) sun (c) knot
5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sun (b) won (c) pear
6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) tale (b) plane (c) by
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) groan (b) deer (c) knight
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) hear (b) new (c) wait
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) hole (b) missed (c) pear
10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) sail (b) there (c) write
11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “grown”? (a) steal (b) groan (c) rows
12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) sun (b) pair (c) plane
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “heal”? (a) road (b) passed (c) heel
14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) bear (b) mist (c) rode
15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) not (b) allowed (c) their
16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) blew (b) brake (c) pair
17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) wait (b) there (c) steel
18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) one (b) break (c) made
19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flower”? (a) flour (b) toe (c) tale
20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) bare (c) write
21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “missed”? (a) steal (b) pair (c) mist
22. 22.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) here (b) sail (c) by
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) their (b) knew (c) grown
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) missed (b) sale (c) road
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) bare (b) here (c) meet
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) hear (b) buy (c) blue
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) knot (b) buy (c) rows
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) groan (b) hole (c) flu
29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) one (c) passed
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) heal (b) aloud (c) waste
31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) right (b) whole (c) one
32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) weight (b) groan (c) knight
33. 33.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) know (b) rose (c) meet
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rows (b) son (c) pear
35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “tail”? (a) new (b) blew (c) tale
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) pear (c) one
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “hole”? (a) waste (b) no (c) whole
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) steal (b) plane (c) bare
39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) pair (b) right (c) steal
40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) weight (b) new (c) night

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