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