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) blue (b) blew
- 2.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 3.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 4.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 5.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 6.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 7.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 8.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 9.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 10.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 11.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 12.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 13.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 14.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 15.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 16.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 17.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 18.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 19.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 20.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 22.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 24.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 25.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 27.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 28.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 29.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 30.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 32.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 33.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 34.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 35.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 37.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 38.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 39.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 40.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
Answer key
- blew
- wood
- sail
- their
- hare
- here
- blue
- week
- some
- meat
- pair
- flour
- fare
- two
- write
- dear
- won
- sea
- so
- night
- sun
- red
- peace
- bear
- heal
- knight
- weak
- pear
- bee
- one
- read
- there
- to
- ate
- plane
- weight
- they're
- be
- fair
- hear
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