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 postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 2.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 3.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 4.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 5.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 6.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 7.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 9.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 10.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 11.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 12.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 13.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 14.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 19.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 20.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 21.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 22.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 23.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 24.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 25.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 26.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 27.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 28.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 31.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 32.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 33.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 34.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 35.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 36.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 37.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 38.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 39.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 40.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
Answer key
- here
- see
- knows
- bear
- to
- tail
- hair
- flu
- buy
- wood
- meat
- they're
- by
- no
- weight
- blew
- aunt
- read
- steal
- week
- whole
- new
- so
- Would
- heal
- too
- meet
- won
- be
- know
- hour
- our
- sow
- hare
- deer
- one
- road
- sale
- peace
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