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 ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 3.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 4.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 6.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 7.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 8.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 10.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 11.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 12.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 13.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 14.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 15.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 16.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 17.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 18.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 19.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 20.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 21.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 23.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 27.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 28.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 30.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 31.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 32.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 34.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 35.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 36.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 37.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 38.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 39.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
Answer key
- ate
- sell
- peace
- tale
- plane
- fare
- won
- hole
- male
- steal
- hear
- our
- nose
- right
- eight
- heal
- flour
- tail
- new
- bare
- some
- dear
- bear
- weak
- see
- weight
- piece
- blue
- sun
- pear
- by
- Would
- two
- bee
- hour
- sea
- here
- road
- meet
- knows
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