Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 86 · 40 questions

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.

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

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