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: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 2.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 3.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 4.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 5.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 6.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 7.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 8.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 9.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 10.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 11.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 12.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 13.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 14.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 15.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 16.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 17.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 18.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 19.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 20.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 21.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 22.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 23.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 24.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 25.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 27.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 28.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 29.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 30.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 31.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 32.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 33.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 34.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 35.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 36.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 38.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 39.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 40.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
Answer key
- week
- red
- road
- won
- meet
- whole
- flu
- see
- sail
- fair
- blue
- pair
- bear
- knew
- tale
- knows
- ant
- flour
- piece
- buy
- flew
- sell
- knight
- hour
- rode
- steel
- dear
- steal
- bare
- deer
- so
- hear
- bee
- some
- sew
- weight
- weak
- know
- too
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