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: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 2.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 3.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 4.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 5.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 6.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 7.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 8.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 11.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 12.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 13.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 14.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 15.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 17.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 19.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 21.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 23.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 24.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 26.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 28.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 29.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 30.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 31.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 32.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 33.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 34.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 35.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 36.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 37.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 38.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 39.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 40.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
Answer key
- fare
- sew
- whole
- hole
- peace
- wood
- sell
- Which
- read
- steel
- deer
- sea
- knew
- male
- pair
- heel
- here
- aunt
- hair
- be
- weak
- dear
- bare
- tail
- sum
- bear
- knight
- eight
- their
- know
- nose
- steal
- new
- by
- flew
- night
- some
- witch
- hare
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