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