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: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 2.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 3.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 4.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 5.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 6.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 7.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 9.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 11.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 13.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 14.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 15.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 16.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 17.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 18.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 19.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 20.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 21.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 25.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 26.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 27.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 28.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 29.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 31.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 32.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 33.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 34.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 35.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 36.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 37.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 38.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 39.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
Answer key
- flower
- son
- pair
- blue
- sell
- cell
- hole
- hair
- flu
- Which
- some
- nose
- buy
- whole
- eight
- sow
- male
- witch
- blew
- peace
- sew
- hour
- heel
- fair
- road
- their
- hear
- ate
- read
- piece
- heal
- bee
- know
- aunt
- to
- deer
- knows
- sum
- so
- wait
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