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 bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 2.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 3.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 4.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 5.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 6.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 7.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 8.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 9.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 10.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 11.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 12.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 14.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 15.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 16.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 17.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 18.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 19.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 20.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 21.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 22.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 24.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 25.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 26.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 28.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 29.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 30.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 31.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 32.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 34.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 35.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 36.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 38.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 39.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 40.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
Answer key
- flew
- so
- our
- son
- sum
- meet
- no
- see
- won
- too
- steal
- night
- wait
- hour
- read
- hole
- whole
- rode
- write
- road
- fare
- peace
- tail
- ant
- knew
- heel
- blue
- week
- sun
- sea
- fair
- two
- male
- flu
- eight
- weight
- heal
- piece
- meat
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