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: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 2.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 3.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 4.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 6.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 7.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 8.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 9.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 10.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 12.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 14.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 15.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 16.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 17.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 18.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 19.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 20.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 21.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 22.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 23.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 25.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 26.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 27.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 28.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 29.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 30.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 31.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 32.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 33.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 34.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 35.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 36.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 37.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 38.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 39.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
Answer key
- knew
- peace
- blew
- new
- knight
- flower
- flew
- sew
- fair
- sun
- heel
- son
- flour
- by
- ant
- bee
- buy
- they're
- pair
- aunt
- whole
- write
- steel
- no
- flu
- dear
- night
- one
- their
- here
- to
- week
- sea
- male
- won
- tale
- sell
- deer
- hour
- wait
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