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: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 2.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 4.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 6.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 7.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 9.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 10.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 11.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 12.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 13.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 14.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 15.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 16.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 19.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 20.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 21.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 22.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 23.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 24.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 25.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 26.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 27.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 28.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 31.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 32.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 33.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 34.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 35.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 36.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 37.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 39.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 40.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
Answer key
- bare
- pair
- heel
- hour
- witch
- our
- new
- hair
- their
- blue
- knows
- right
- week
- sew
- so
- some
- ate
- aunt
- whole
- piece
- bee
- flew
- son
- sell
- ant
- read
- be
- one
- weight
- deer
- tale
- knight
- write
- meat
- blew
- flu
- sow
- sun
- hare
- sea
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