Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 517 · 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 “son”? (a) sun (b) week (c) groan
2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) past (b) cell (c) pear
3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) made (b) tale (c) there
4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) heal (b) plane (c) weight
5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) pair (b) bare (c) blew
6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) sun (b) here (c) bare
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) knot (c) night
8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “weight”? (a) wait (b) made (c) hear
9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) flu (b) hear (c) waist
10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “heel”? (a) sail (b) there (c) heal
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “sea”? (a) rows (b) see (c) know
12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) sale (b) there (c) steal
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) allowed (b) plain (c) by
14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) dear (b) steal (c) missed
15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “night”? (a) knight (b) blue (c) break
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) bare (b) cell (c) heel
17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) sail (b) here (c) eight
18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) waist (b) see (c) here
19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) rose (b) passed (c) grown
20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) passed (b) piece (c) one
21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “no”? (a) write (b) know (c) flew
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) one (b) write (c) berry
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) plane (b) by (c) waist
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) heel (b) meet (c) know
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) passed (b) won (c) know
26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) groan (b) new (c) tail
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “knight”? (a) eight (b) week (c) night
28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) peace (b) new (c) waste
29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) night (b) their (c) blew
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) bury (b) waist (c) here
31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) there (b) mist (c) cell
32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) cell (c) made
33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “not”? (a) knew (b) sail (c) knot
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “new”? (a) knew (b) tow (c) plane
35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) waist (b) weak (c) whole
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) eight (b) past (c) buy
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) one (b) rows (c) passed
38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sail”? (a) male (b) new (c) sale
39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) their (b) maid (c) missed
40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) groan (b) sale (c) break

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