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