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 ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 2.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 3.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 4.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 5.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 6.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 7.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 8.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 10.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 11.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 12.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 13.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 14.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 15.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 16.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 17.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 18.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 19.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 20.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 21.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 22.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 23.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 24.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 26.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 27.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 28.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 29.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 30.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 32.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 33.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 35.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 36.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 37.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 39.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 40.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
Answer key
- deer
- flew
- know
- road
- here
- cell
- male
- sell
- write
- our
- hare
- flour
- piece
- bare
- sea
- pair
- meat
- new
- night
- one
- ate
- knows
- they're
- see
- knight
- sum
- sew
- bear
- sow
- aunt
- be
- hour
- red
- heel
- steel
- meet
- pear
- weight
- flower
- no
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