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 ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 2.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 3.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 5.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 6.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 7.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 8.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 10.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 11.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 12.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 13.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 14.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 15.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 16.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 17.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 18.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 19.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 20.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 21.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 22.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 23.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 24.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 25.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 27.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 28.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 29.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 30.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 32.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 35.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 36.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 37.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 38.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 40.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
Answer key
- pear
- hear
- buy
- aunt
- meet
- peace
- see
- by
- male
- here
- new
- weak
- bear
- there
- sea
- cell
- right
- piece
- tale
- hole
- Would
- our
- heal
- knew
- rode
- sew
- sail
- too
- sale
- one
- sun
- sell
- be
- red
- they're
- flour
- to
- two
- weight
- road
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