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: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 3.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 4.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 5.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 6.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 7.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 8.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 9.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 10.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 12.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 13.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 14.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 15.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 16.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 17.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 18.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 19.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 20.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 21.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 24.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 25.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 26.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 27.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 28.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 30.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 31.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 33.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 34.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 35.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 36.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 37.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 39.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 40.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
Answer key
- week
- no
- cell
- Which
- buy
- sew
- hare
- pair
- flew
- sale
- write
- sell
- tail
- sum
- dear
- deer
- they're
- two
- sea
- meet
- there
- wood
- witch
- knight
- sow
- hole
- blue
- steel
- be
- nose
- hear
- weak
- bear
- read
- by
- road
- steal
- sun
- whole
- new
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