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: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 2.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 3.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 4.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 5.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 6.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 7.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 9.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 12.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 14.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 15.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 16.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 17.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 18.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 20.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 21.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 22.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 24.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 25.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 26.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 27.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 30.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 31.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 32.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 33.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 35.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 36.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 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: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 39.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 40.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
Answer key
- deer
- fare
- sail
- blew
- bear
- peace
- heal
- hair
- too
- knows
- knight
- blue
- write
- whole
- steal
- night
- eight
- male
- road
- sum
- see
- fair
- witch
- here
- one
- steel
- week
- heel
- plane
- two
- won
- right
- sow
- red
- hare
- ant
- they're
- flew
- pear
- some
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