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 ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 2.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 3.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 4.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 5.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 6.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 7.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 10.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 11.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 12.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 13.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 14.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 15.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 16.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 17.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 18.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 19.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 20.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 21.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 22.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 23.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 24.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 26.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 27.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 28.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 29.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 30.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 31.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 32.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 33.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 34.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 35.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 36.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 38.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 39.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 40.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
Answer key
- knight
- flu
- by
- whole
- tale
- ant
- deer
- blue
- witch
- fare
- buy
- meet
- fair
- no
- hole
- some
- sail
- sew
- blew
- new
- one
- weak
- too
- plane
- sum
- here
- so
- peace
- pear
- son
- hair
- rode
- they're
- to
- ate
- be
- Which
- piece
- cell
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