← Homophones by sound lesson New set →

Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 772 · 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.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bare”? (a) bear (b) passed (c) sea
  2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “sale”? (a) bury (b) sail (c) week
  3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) toe (b) weight (c) berry
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) aloud (b) sell (c) know
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “plain”? (a) groan (b) mist (c) plane
  6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “flew”? (a) brake (b) flu (c) sail
  7. 7.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bear”? (a) mail (b) bare (c) flu
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “buy”? (a) rose (b) by (c) tow
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “one”? (a) groan (b) see (c) won
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “night”? (a) knight (b) heal (c) rode
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) road (b) missed (c) buy
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “flu”? (a) flew (b) steel (c) made
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “mail”? (a) past (b) flu (c) male
  14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) night (b) berry (c) peace
  15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “flour”? (a) steel (b) flower (c) tale
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “write”? (a) right (b) buy (c) one
  17. 17.Which word sounds exactly like “weak”? (a) new (b) no (c) week
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “right”? (a) flu (b) write (c) whole
  19. 19.Which word sounds exactly like “peace”? (a) passed (b) plain (c) piece
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “knight”? (a) missed (b) night (c) steal
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “aloud”? (a) by (b) see (c) allowed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “wait”? (a) week (b) knight (c) weight
  23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “know”? (a) no (b) passed (c) hear
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “know”? (a) sun (b) meat (c) no
  25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) tow (b) pair (c) road
  26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “break”? (a) blew (b) brake (c) sea
  27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) rode (b) bury (c) week
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) pear (c) flour
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) eight (b) berry (c) meat
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “groan”? (a) dear (b) grown (c) rose
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “past”? (a) hole (b) passed (c) see
  32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steel”? (a) steal (b) dear (c) knot
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) son (b) flew (c) ate
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “week”? (a) weak (b) groan (c) flu
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) flew (b) steal (c) new
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) heal (b) break (c) right
  37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “wait”? (a) bury (b) meet (c) weight
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “dear”? (a) write (b) not (c) deer
  39. 39.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) sun (b) tow (c) tail
  40. 40.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) missed (b) groan (c) bare

Answer key

  1. bear
  2. sail
  3. toe
  4. sell
  5. plane
  6. flu
  7. bare
  8. by
  9. won
  10. knight
  11. road
  12. flew
  13. male
  14. peace
  15. flower
  16. right
  17. week
  18. write
  19. piece
  20. night
  21. allowed
  22. weight
  23. no
  24. no
  25. tow
  26. brake
  27. rode
  28. maid
  29. meat
  30. grown
  31. passed
  32. steal
  33. flew
  34. weak
  35. steal
  36. right
  37. weight
  38. deer
  39. tail
  40. groan

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