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 tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 2.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 3.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 4.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 5.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 6.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 7.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 8.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 9.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 10.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 11.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 12.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 14.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 15.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 16.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 17.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 19.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 21.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 22.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 24.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 25.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 26.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 27.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 30.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 31.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 32.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 35.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 36.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 37.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 38.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 40.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
Answer key
- hare
- hole
- Which
- our
- week
- bee
- flower
- pair
- no
- here
- nose
- there
- sun
- tale
- won
- ate
- peace
- aunt
- ant
- flour
- road
- to
- weight
- by
- son
- blue
- bare
- wood
- wait
- hair
- sea
- sew
- be
- red
- flew
- buy
- heal
- steal
- read
- Would
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