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: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 2.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 3.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 4.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 5.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 6.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 7.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 8.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 9.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 10.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 12.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 13.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 14.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 15.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 17.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 18.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 19.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 20.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 21.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 22.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 23.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 25.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 26.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 27.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 28.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 29.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 32.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 34.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 35.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 38.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 39.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 40.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
Answer key
- knows
- meat
- blue
- too
- sew
- whole
- so
- sale
- tail
- piece
- sea
- rode
- tale
- male
- sail
- sun
- write
- meet
- cell
- bear
- bare
- right
- sum
- peace
- hour
- weak
- flew
- flour
- pair
- their
- be
- hair
- hare
- know
- to
- no
- knight
- blew
- Would
- ant
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