← Homophones by sound lesson New set →

Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 531 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Listen: which word sounds the same as “heal”? (a) male (b) heel (c) waist
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) passed (b) flu (c) bare
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) wait (c) there
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) bury (b) knew (c) hear
  5. 5.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) break (b) sail (c) flower
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) tail (b) eight (c) see
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) one (b) flour (c) whole
  8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blew”? (a) son (b) blue (c) hole
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) groan (b) waist (c) one
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) know (b) peace (c) mail
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) brake (b) pair (c) cell
  12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) break (b) piece (c) aloud
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “no”? (a) rode (b) know (c) steal
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) heal (b) deer (c) sell
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) flour (b) deer (c) eight
  16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “blue”? (a) blew (b) there (c) dear
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) grown (b) son (c) heal
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) sea (b) male (c) rode
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) rows (b) piece (c) night
  20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) berry (b) grown (c) sale
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) groan (b) no (c) bear
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) there (b) waste (c) flew
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) mail (c) allowed
  24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “pear”? (a) eight (b) peace (c) pair
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) missed (c) aloud
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) rose (b) missed (c) mail
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) tail (b) sea (c) one
  28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) week (b) flour (c) cell
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “aloud”? (a) brake (b) allowed (c) no
  30. 30.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) won (b) night (c) passed
  31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) deer (b) peace (c) flew
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “by”? (a) tow (b) buy (c) knew
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) cell (b) meet (c) passed
  34. 34.Listen: which word sounds the same as “whole”? (a) meat (b) son (c) hole
  35. 35.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rose”? (a) groan (b) rows (c) bare
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “sun”? (a) rose (b) son (c) there
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “hear”? (a) knot (b) new (c) here
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “here”? (a) buy (b) meet (c) hear
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) hear (b) road (c) mist
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) no (b) their (c) flower

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. bare
  3. flew
  4. hear
  5. sail
  6. see
  7. whole
  8. blue
  9. waist
  10. peace
  11. brake
  12. piece
  13. know
  14. sell
  15. eight
  16. blew
  17. grown
  18. male
  19. piece
  20. sale
  21. bear
  22. there
  23. steal
  24. pair
  25. one
  26. rose
  27. one
  28. cell
  29. allowed
  30. won
  31. flew
  32. buy
  33. passed
  34. hole
  35. rows
  36. son
  37. here
  38. hear
  39. road
  40. their

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation