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 ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 3.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 4.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 5.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 6.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 7.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 8.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 9.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 11.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 12.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 13.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 15.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 16.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 17.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 18.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 19.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 20.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 21.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 22.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 23.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 24.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 26.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 27.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 29.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 30.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 31.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 32.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 33.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 34.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 35.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 36.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 37.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 39.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
Answer key
- write
- no
- pear
- so
- bee
- our
- red
- pair
- their
- Which
- see
- plane
- sow
- weight
- they're
- night
- there
- hare
- heal
- knight
- week
- ate
- blue
- son
- heel
- here
- witch
- fair
- knew
- wood
- blew
- tale
- hole
- sail
- dear
- hear
- by
- rode
- steel
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