Homophones Worksheet
Word tip (Same sound, check the meaning): Read the whole sentence and work out the meaning it needs. Match the meaning to the spelling: flour = powder made from grain; flower = a bloom on a plant. Learn the tricky sets: there (place), their (belonging to them), they’re (they are); to, too, two.
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- 1.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 2.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 3.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 4.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 5.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 6.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 7.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 9.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 10.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 11.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 12.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 13.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 16.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 17.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 18.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 19.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 21.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 23.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 24.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 25.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 26.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 27.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 28.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 30.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 31.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 32.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 33.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 34.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 35.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 36.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 37.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 38.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 39.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 40.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
Answer key
- sew
- weak
- aunt
- sale
- bee
- red
- ant
- be
- Which
- know
- fare
- Would
- nose
- knows
- no
- ate
- read
- tale
- hare
- weight
- too
- wood
- eight
- write
- steel
- week
- right
- flew
- won
- tail
- road
- flour
- hole
- peace
- see
- meet
- there
- rode
- pair
- flu
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