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 film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 2.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 4.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 6.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 7.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 8.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 9.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 10.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 11.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 12.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 14.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 15.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 16.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 17.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 18.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 19.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 20.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 21.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 22.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 23.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 24.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 25.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 26.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 27.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 28.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 30.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 31.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 32.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 33.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 34.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 35.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 36.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 37.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 38.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 39.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 40.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
Answer key
- hour
- see
- plane
- tale
- knight
- road
- knew
- flour
- tail
- fair
- rode
- sea
- heel
- night
- wood
- too
- piece
- won
- deer
- new
- eight
- flower
- nose
- hear
- their
- here
- cell
- ant
- know
- sell
- week
- one
- blue
- sew
- pair
- there
- bear
- fare
- sail
- red
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