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