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: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 2.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 3.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 4.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 5.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 7.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 9.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 11.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 12.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 13.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 14.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 15.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 16.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 17.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 18.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 19.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 20.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 21.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 22.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 23.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 24.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 25.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 27.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 29.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 30.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 31.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 33.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 34.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 35.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 36.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 37.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 38.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 39.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 40.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
Answer key
- flew
- sale
- night
- meet
- blue
- dear
- hare
- two
- bee
- steel
- steal
- see
- hole
- tale
- too
- there
- bare
- sea
- one
- male
- week
- ate
- buy
- cell
- heal
- rode
- our
- wood
- here
- read
- blew
- be
- whole
- son
- red
- hear
- know
- knew
- deer
- Which
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