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: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 2.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 3.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 4.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 5.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 6.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 7.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 8.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 9.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 11.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 12.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 14.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 17.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 18.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 19.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 20.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 21.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 22.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 23.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 24.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 27.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 28.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 29.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 30.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 32.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 34.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 35.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 36.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 37.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 38.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 39.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
Answer key
- road
- knows
- bare
- male
- pair
- read
- by
- too
- steal
- ate
- flew
- heal
- witch
- there
- heel
- aunt
- flower
- piece
- flour
- red
- no
- Which
- hole
- week
- wait
- sew
- ant
- pear
- son
- write
- plane
- wood
- nose
- new
- know
- won
- flu
- they're
- sale
- steel
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