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 table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 3.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 4.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 5.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 6.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 7.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 8.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 9.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 10.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 11.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 12.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 14.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 15.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 16.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 17.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 18.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 19.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 20.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 21.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 22.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 23.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 24.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 25.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 26.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 27.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 28.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 29.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 30.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 31.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 32.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 33.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 34.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 35.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 36.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 38.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 40.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
Answer key
- wood
- no
- heal
- they're
- red
- tail
- knew
- flower
- there
- heel
- meet
- sail
- witch
- sew
- night
- our
- eight
- so
- son
- sell
- dear
- their
- Would
- nose
- flour
- piece
- deer
- ant
- buy
- too
- steel
- right
- hair
- cell
- fair
- some
- plane
- fare
- steal
- weak
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