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