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: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 2.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 3.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 5.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 6.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 7.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 8.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 9.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 10.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 11.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 12.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 13.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 14.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 15.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 16.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 17.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 18.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 19.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 20.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 21.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 22.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 23.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 24.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 25.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 27.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 28.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 29.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 32.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 33.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 34.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 35.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 36.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 37.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 39.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 40.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
Answer key
- so
- Would
- ate
- cell
- aunt
- plane
- wood
- write
- hare
- sell
- pear
- too
- rode
- pair
- eight
- sum
- sew
- right
- fare
- sea
- piece
- won
- flew
- buy
- heel
- red
- steel
- son
- weight
- witch
- flu
- week
- here
- night
- bee
- flour
- sun
- tale
- sow
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