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: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 5.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 6.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 7.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 8.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 9.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 10.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 12.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 13.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 14.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 15.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 16.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 17.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 18.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 19.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 20.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 21.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 22.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 23.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 24.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 25.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 26.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 27.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 28.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 30.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 31.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 32.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 33.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 35.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 36.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 38.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 39.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 40.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
Answer key
- steel
- sell
- here
- weight
- hour
- heal
- flew
- bare
- there
- right
- write
- no
- bear
- tail
- sail
- cell
- weak
- tale
- dear
- week
- hare
- meat
- be
- flour
- they're
- blew
- steal
- hear
- by
- to
- their
- our
- see
- witch
- bee
- hair
- heel
- peace
- road
- knew
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