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: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 2.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 6.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 7.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 8.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 10.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 11.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 12.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 13.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 14.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 15.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 17.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 18.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 19.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 20.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 21.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 22.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 23.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 24.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 25.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 26.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 29.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 30.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 33.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 34.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 35.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 36.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 37.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 38.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 39.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 40.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
Answer key
- here
- peace
- weight
- aunt
- steal
- plane
- rode
- write
- sea
- flower
- their
- sell
- flew
- hair
- nose
- too
- road
- new
- whole
- some
- meat
- buy
- ate
- tale
- pair
- knight
- heel
- flu
- hour
- wait
- two
- read
- flour
- hear
- won
- they're
- bee
- son
- sew
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