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: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 2.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 3.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 4.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 5.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 6.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 7.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 8.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 10.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 12.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 13.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 14.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 16.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 17.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 18.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 19.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 21.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 22.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 23.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 25.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 26.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 27.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 28.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 29.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 30.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 31.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 32.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 33.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 34.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 35.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 36.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 37.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 38.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 39.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 40.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
Answer key
- here
- blew
- so
- write
- right
- to
- road
- bear
- male
- sum
- sea
- deer
- flu
- hole
- flower
- one
- our
- piece
- aunt
- heel
- sail
- Which
- bee
- no
- by
- sow
- fair
- new
- bare
- peace
- there
- pair
- wood
- two
- see
- meat
- tail
- knew
- fare
- sell
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