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