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) pair (b) pear
- 2.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 3.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 4.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 7.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 8.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 9.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 10.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 11.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 12.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 14.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 16.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 17.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 18.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 19.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 20.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 21.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 22.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 24.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 26.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 27.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 28.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 29.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 30.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 31.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 34.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 35.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 36.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 37.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 38.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 39.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 40.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
Answer key
- pear
- fare
- hole
- to
- read
- dear
- tale
- red
- rode
- bee
- hair
- bare
- flour
- bear
- flu
- blue
- aunt
- peace
- fair
- son
- piece
- sew
- male
- hare
- plane
- sale
- write
- tail
- sell
- here
- steal
- no
- nose
- deer
- by
- sea
- our
- whole
- so
- hear
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