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 tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 2.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 3.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 5.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 6.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 7.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 8.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 9.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 10.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 12.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 15.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 16.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 18.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 19.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 20.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 21.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 22.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 24.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 25.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 26.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 28.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 29.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 30.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 31.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 32.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 33.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 34.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 35.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 37.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 38.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 39.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 40.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
Answer key
- hare
- meet
- know
- deer
- pear
- flu
- new
- week
- sow
- nose
- here
- eight
- write
- be
- tail
- steal
- blew
- one
- sale
- whole
- weak
- right
- peace
- sum
- so
- ant
- knight
- hour
- flower
- cell
- fair
- male
- flew
- Would
- hole
- two
- tale
- piece
- dear
- they're
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