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: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 3.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 4.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 5.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 6.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 7.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 8.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 10.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 11.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 12.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 13.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 16.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 18.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 19.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 20.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 21.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 22.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 23.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 24.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 25.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 26.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 27.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 28.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 29.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 30.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 31.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 32.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 34.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 36.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 37.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 38.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 39.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
Answer key
- hair
- our
- their
- son
- hare
- sea
- witch
- so
- knew
- eight
- flew
- red
- tale
- be
- flu
- meat
- blew
- rode
- sail
- plane
- hour
- ate
- here
- right
- whole
- see
- fare
- one
- fair
- blue
- tail
- too
- knight
- deer
- two
- piece
- flower
- nose
- flour
- steel
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