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: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 5.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 6.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 7.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 8.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 9.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 10.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 11.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 12.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 13.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 14.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 15.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 16.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 17.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 18.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 19.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 20.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 21.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 22.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 23.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 24.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 25.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 27.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 28.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 30.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 31.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 32.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 33.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 35.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 37.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 40.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
Answer key
- here
- hear
- heel
- deer
- by
- bare
- know
- won
- piece
- buy
- flour
- hare
- dear
- new
- write
- ate
- they're
- flew
- sew
- to
- whole
- pear
- pair
- flu
- fair
- rode
- knows
- blew
- aunt
- sum
- knight
- wood
- plane
- night
- two
- nose
- sail
- steal
- meat
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