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: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 3.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 4.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 5.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 6.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 7.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 8.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 10.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 11.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 12.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 13.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 14.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 15.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 17.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 18.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 20.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 23.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 24.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 25.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 26.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 28.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 30.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 31.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 34.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 35.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 36.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 37.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 38.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 40.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
Answer key
- ant
- plane
- sew
- right
- pair
- nose
- meat
- they're
- whole
- hare
- pear
- one
- sow
- by
- flour
- their
- sea
- road
- male
- sun
- wood
- sell
- Which
- there
- here
- two
- our
- be
- fair
- Would
- weak
- aunt
- steal
- sale
- eight
- bear
- won
- write
- some
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