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) hair (b) hare
- 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 3.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 4.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 5.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 7.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 8.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 9.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 11.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 12.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 14.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 15.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 17.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 18.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 19.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 20.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 22.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 23.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 26.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 27.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 30.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 31.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 32.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 33.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 34.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 35.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 36.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 37.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 39.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 40.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
Answer key
- hair
- sell
- so
- one
- see
- be
- our
- here
- no
- write
- tale
- steal
- meat
- peace
- pair
- sun
- son
- hare
- read
- their
- knight
- flour
- tail
- road
- weight
- bear
- piece
- know
- wait
- to
- steel
- bare
- meet
- blue
- hear
- fare
- ate
- by
- bee
- there
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