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: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 2.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 3.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 4.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 5.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 7.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 8.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 10.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 11.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 12.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 13.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 14.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 15.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 17.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 20.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 21.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 22.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 24.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 25.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 26.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 27.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 28.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 29.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 30.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 31.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 32.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 33.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 35.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 36.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 37.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 38.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 39.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 40.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
Answer key
- too
- deer
- bee
- won
- so
- meat
- rode
- sell
- knows
- buy
- weak
- Which
- road
- steel
- there
- hare
- their
- nose
- witch
- flew
- wood
- one
- plane
- son
- heal
- night
- pair
- flower
- tail
- new
- sow
- tale
- pear
- right
- wait
- piece
- sale
- hear
- fair
- knew
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