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 ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 2.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 3.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 4.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 5.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 7.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 9.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 10.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 11.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 12.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 14.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 15.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 17.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 18.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 19.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 20.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 22.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 23.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 24.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 25.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 26.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 27.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 30.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 32.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 33.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 34.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 35.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 36.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 37.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 38.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 40.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
Answer key
- heel
- sail
- night
- whole
- some
- dear
- they're
- hair
- flower
- so
- flew
- meet
- sun
- heal
- see
- flour
- tail
- write
- sale
- their
- hear
- one
- bare
- ant
- weak
- ate
- road
- wait
- by
- fair
- knew
- bee
- sum
- cell
- sea
- hour
- to
- our
- read
- week
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