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 wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 2.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 3.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 4.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 5.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 6.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 7.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 9.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 12.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 13.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 14.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 15.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 16.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 17.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 18.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 19.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 21.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 22.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 23.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 25.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 26.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 27.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 28.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 29.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 30.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 32.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 33.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 34.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 35.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 37.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 38.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 39.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
Answer key
- blew
- heal
- nose
- buy
- by
- bee
- witch
- blue
- steel
- Which
- read
- sum
- male
- hour
- here
- son
- flu
- eight
- dear
- heel
- too
- won
- no
- weak
- their
- meat
- hair
- our
- deer
- there
- write
- rode
- sow
- ant
- knows
- weight
- whole
- sell
- plane
- be
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