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: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 2.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 3.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 4.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 6.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 7.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 8.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 9.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 11.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 12.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 13.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 14.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 15.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 17.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 18.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 19.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 20.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 21.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 22.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 23.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 24.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 25.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 26.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 27.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 30.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 31.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 32.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 33.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 34.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 35.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 36.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 37.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 38.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 39.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 40.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
Answer key
- right
- sale
- fair
- hare
- read
- sell
- sow
- so
- meat
- be
- knows
- sun
- rode
- by
- sea
- flour
- here
- piece
- pear
- steel
- buy
- some
- there
- sail
- they're
- won
- new
- weight
- aunt
- hair
- flu
- sum
- son
- weak
- their
- flew
- dear
- tale
- knight
- week
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