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: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 2.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 3.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 4.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 5.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 6.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 7.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 8.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 9.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 10.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 12.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 13.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 14.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 15.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 16.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 17.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 18.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 19.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 20.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 21.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 22.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 23.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 24.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 26.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 27.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 28.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 29.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 30.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 31.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 32.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 33.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 34.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 35.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 36.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 37.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 38.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 39.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 40.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
Answer key
- right
- see
- bee
- peace
- cell
- heal
- hear
- meat
- night
- some
- weight
- meet
- fare
- hole
- sea
- ant
- steal
- pair
- flower
- too
- they're
- be
- whole
- bare
- heel
- hare
- new
- fair
- two
- week
- our
- dear
- steel
- sew
- won
- flew
- hair
- here
- so
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