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: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 2.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 3.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 4.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 5.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 6.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 7.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 8.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 9.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 10.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 12.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 13.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 14.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 15.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 16.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 17.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 18.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 19.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 20.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 21.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 22.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 23.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 24.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 25.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 26.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 27.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 28.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 29.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 30.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 31.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 32.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 33.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 35.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 37.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 38.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 39.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 40.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
Answer key
- new
- by
- eight
- no
- sea
- sail
- ate
- to
- bare
- hare
- here
- hear
- deer
- flower
- weak
- buy
- red
- one
- Which
- sow
- there
- see
- sale
- right
- fare
- wait
- nose
- sum
- flour
- sew
- bee
- dear
- so
- heel
- aunt
- two
- they're
- heal
- peace
- our
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