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: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 2.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 4.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 6.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 7.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 9.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 10.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 12.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 13.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 14.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 15.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 16.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 17.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 19.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 20.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 21.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 22.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 23.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 24.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 25.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 26.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 27.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 28.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 29.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 30.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 31.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 32.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 33.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 34.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 35.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 37.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 39.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 40.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
Answer key
- knew
- whole
- weight
- wood
- sun
- to
- deer
- no
- son
- meat
- write
- won
- by
- sow
- fair
- sail
- wait
- aunt
- sea
- bear
- buy
- nose
- sell
- here
- male
- see
- heal
- new
- piece
- steal
- bee
- knows
- right
- our
- hare
- plane
- hair
- heel
- flour
- peace
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