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: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 2.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 4.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 5.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 6.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 7.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 8.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 9.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 10.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 11.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 12.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 13.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 14.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 16.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 17.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 18.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 19.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 20.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 21.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 22.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 23.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 24.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 25.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 26.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 27.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 28.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 29.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 30.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 31.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 32.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 33.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 35.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 36.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 37.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 38.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 39.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 40.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
Answer key
- so
- bare
- plane
- sea
- hole
- tale
- piece
- hear
- eight
- deer
- there
- son
- bear
- they're
- weight
- our
- male
- sell
- week
- whole
- dear
- here
- Would
- sum
- hair
- Which
- night
- their
- rode
- sail
- buy
- write
- steal
- knight
- flour
- fare
- one
- meet
- no
- pear
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