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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 2.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 3.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 4.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 6.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 7.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 8.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 9.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 11.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 12.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 13.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 14.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 15.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 16.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 17.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 19.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 20.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 21.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 22.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 23.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 25.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 26.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 27.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 28.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 31.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 33.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 34.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 35.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 38.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 39.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 40.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
Answer key
- hair
- meat
- aunt
- too
- read
- flour
- bee
- red
- peace
- knows
- whole
- right
- wood
- fare
- cell
- ant
- our
- dear
- eight
- so
- one
- sail
- tail
- piece
- deer
- sum
- bear
- ate
- know
- flower
- sew
- weak
- meet
- see
- week
- heel
- new
- steel
- sell
- two
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