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: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 2.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 3.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 4.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 5.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 6.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 7.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 9.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 10.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 11.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 14.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 15.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 16.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 17.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 18.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 19.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 20.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 21.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 22.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 23.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 24.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 25.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 26.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 29.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 30.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 31.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 32.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 33.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 34.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 35.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 36.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 37.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 39.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
Answer key
- hour
- some
- our
- sell
- steel
- rode
- flu
- no
- sale
- cell
- blew
- nose
- meat
- flower
- knows
- there
- pair
- flew
- Which
- ant
- two
- sail
- hare
- know
- too
- plane
- wood
- Would
- sow
- steal
- so
- week
- weak
- buy
- won
- here
- by
- meet
- blue
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