Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 879 · 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.Which word sounds exactly like “sail”? (a) cell (b) sea (c) sale
2. 2.Which word sounds exactly like “brake”? (a) break (b) blew (c) tale
3. 3.Which word sounds exactly like “steel”? (a) son (b) steal (c) waist
4. 4.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) their (b) flower (c) pear
5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “blue”? (a) sail (b) no (c) blew
6. 6.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) meat (b) hear (c) flu
7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “ate”? (a) allowed (b) eight (c) bare
8. 8.Listen: which word sounds the same as “berry”? (a) heal (b) bury (c) sail
9. 9.Which word sounds exactly like “eight”? (a) ate (b) plane (c) write
10. 10.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) week (b) missed (c) steel
11. 11.Which word sounds exactly like “deer”? (a) write (b) dear (c) whole
12. 12.Listen: which word sounds the same as “won”? (a) by (b) one (c) ate
13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) ate (b) new (c) tow
14. 14.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) plane (b) grown (c) sail
15. 15.Which word sounds exactly like “meet”? (a) hear (b) meat (c) not
16. 16.Which word sounds exactly like “maid”? (a) meat (b) made (c) sell
17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “bury”? (a) buy (b) know (c) berry
18. 18.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sea”? (a) dear (b) see (c) blew
19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flour”? (a) heal (b) flower (c) brake
20. 20.Which word sounds exactly like “meat”? (a) plain (b) heal (c) meet
21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “rode”? (a) bear (b) tale (c) road
22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) knew (b) peace (c) passed
23. 23.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) new (b) passed (c) plain
24. 24.Which word sounds exactly like “plain”? (a) meat (b) plane (c) steal
25. 25.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) plain (b) flour (c) sea
26. 26.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) their (b) right (c) made
27. 27.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) groan (b) peace (c) tale
28. 28.Which word sounds exactly like “waist”? (a) aloud (b) waste (c) ate
29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) flour (b) meet (c) pear
30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “bear”? (a) hear (b) bare (c) toe
31. 31.Which word sounds exactly like “passed”? (a) plain (b) past (c) mist
32. 32.Listen: which word sounds the same as “their”? (a) there (b) week (c) blew
33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) pair (b) passed (c) buy
34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “road”? (a) wait (b) rode (c) meat
35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) tail (b) cell (c) one
36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “berry”? (a) brake (b) bury (c) heel
37. 37.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) berry (b) pair (c) ate
38. 38.Which word sounds exactly like “blew”? (a) flu (b) dear (c) blue
39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “tow”? (a) bare (b) toe (c) break
40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) steal (b) knew (c) bury

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