← Homophones by sound lesson New set →

Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 753 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. whole
  3. break
  4. maid
  5. male
  6. berry
  7. bury
  8. buy
  9. rows
  10. hole
  11. rode
  12. flour
  13. there
  14. toe
  15. sail
  16. meat
  17. waist
  18. dear
  19. tale
  20. eight
  21. night
  22. hear
  23. sea
  24. sale
  25. blue
  26. weak
  27. son
  28. aloud
  29. knight
  30. peace
  31. knew
  32. hear
  33. grown
  34. cell
  35. pair
  36. new
  37. steel
  38. break
  39. brake
  40. rows

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation