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: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 2.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 4.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 5.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 6.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 8.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 9.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 10.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 11.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 12.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 14.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 15.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 16.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 17.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 18.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 19.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 20.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 21.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 22.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 24.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 25.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 26.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 27.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 29.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 30.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 32.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 33.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 34.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 36.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 37.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 39.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 40.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
Answer key
- Would
- here
- wait
- meat
- sea
- meet
- knows
- knew
- so
- they're
- sail
- pair
- be
- hare
- piece
- flu
- buy
- deer
- ant
- steal
- there
- heal
- knight
- right
- road
- know
- see
- wood
- hole
- flew
- ate
- tail
- blew
- sow
- blue
- read
- week
- sun
- rode
- tale
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