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 have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 2.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 3.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 4.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 5.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 6.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 7.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 8.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 9.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 10.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 11.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 12.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 13.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 14.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 15.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 16.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 17.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 18.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 20.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 21.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 22.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 23.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 24.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 25.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 26.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 27.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 29.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 30.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 31.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 32.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 34.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 36.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 37.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 38.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 40.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
Answer key
- two
- tail
- weak
- our
- see
- peace
- sell
- right
- sale
- pear
- whole
- new
- flew
- so
- Which
- meat
- bee
- too
- road
- read
- son
- flu
- night
- they're
- there
- buy
- pair
- knight
- steel
- ate
- steal
- bare
- weight
- aunt
- heel
- by
- flower
- wait
- write
- hair
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