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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 3.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 4.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 5.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 6.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 7.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 9.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 10.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 11.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 12.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 13.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 14.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 17.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 18.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 19.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 20.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 21.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 22.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 23.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 24.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 25.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 26.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 27.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 28.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 31.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 32.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 33.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 34.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 35.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 36.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 37.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 38.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 40.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
Answer key
- hair
- witch
- sow
- tail
- sew
- by
- sell
- flu
- hole
- sun
- one
- knows
- dear
- fare
- heel
- so
- flour
- blew
- too
- hour
- bee
- fair
- see
- ant
- red
- bear
- night
- rode
- aunt
- flower
- son
- Would
- piece
- some
- here
- there
- their
- won
- write
- steal
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