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 “dear”? (a) deer (b) blew (c) new
- 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) berry (b) waste (c) buy
- 3.Which word sounds exactly like “missed”? (a) waist (b) mist (c) bear
- 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “meet”? (a) hear (b) meat (c) know
- 5.Which word sounds exactly like “waste”? (a) knight (b) not (c) waist
- 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) by (b) week (c) tale
- 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “passed”? (a) sea (b) past (c) hear
- 8.Which word sounds exactly like “rows”? (a) won (b) rose (c) here
- 9.Which word sounds exactly like “one”? (a) write (b) won (c) maid
- 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) by (b) bare (c) steal
- 11.Which word sounds exactly like “son”? (a) sea (b) sun (c) buy
- 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “brake”? (a) by (b) heel (c) break
- 13.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) piece (b) aloud (c) buy
- 14.Which word sounds exactly like “not”? (a) knot (b) aloud (c) sea
- 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knew”? (a) see (b) right (c) new
- 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knot”? (a) not (b) groan (c) berry
- 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) road (b) bear (c) hole
- 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sale”? (a) sail (b) mail (c) plain
- 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “allowed”? (a) tow (b) aloud (c) cell
- 20.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) week (b) bare (c) sell
- 21.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) tail (b) meat (c) write
- 22.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) allowed (b) missed (c) passed
- 23.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) week (b) night (c) deer
- 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) sun (b) sell (c) right
- 25.Which word sounds exactly like “whole”? (a) hole (b) waste (c) road
- 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) deer (b) night (c) hole
- 27.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) night (c) know
- 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) weak (b) eight (c) their
- 29.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) waste (b) weight (c) bury
- 30.Which word sounds exactly like “tale”? (a) tail (b) sale (c) maid
- 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “buy”? (a) knight (b) one (c) by
- 32.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) flower (b) not (c) hear
- 33.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) piece (c) break
- 34.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) maid (b) berry (c) one
- 35.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) whole (b) night (c) meet
- 36.Listen: which word sounds the same as “cell”? (a) sell (b) whole (c) tow
- 37.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) male (b) write (c) weight
- 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) right (c) pair
- 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) bare (b) waist (c) grown
- 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) one (b) knot (c) plane
Answer key
- deer
- buy
- mist
- meat
- waist
- tale
- past
- rose
- won
- bare
- sun
- break
- piece
- knot
- new
- not
- bear
- sail
- aloud
- sell
- write
- passed
- week
- right
- hole
- night
- pear
- their
- bury
- tail
- by
- flower
- plain
- berry
- meet
- sell
- male
- road
- grown
- one
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