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: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 2.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 3.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 4.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 5.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 6.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 7.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 9.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 10.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 11.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 12.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 13.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 14.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 16.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 17.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 18.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 19.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 20.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 21.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 22.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 23.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 24.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 27.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 28.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 29.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 30.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 31.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 32.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 33.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 34.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 35.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 36.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 37.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 38.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 39.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 40.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
Answer key
- hare
- they're
- steel
- steal
- see
- knight
- heal
- flu
- pair
- hole
- peace
- wood
- dear
- eight
- flower
- piece
- fair
- whole
- sea
- pear
- too
- here
- write
- witch
- sun
- rode
- meet
- road
- sum
- flour
- no
- deer
- red
- sell
- tale
- Which
- aunt
- read
- hear
- meat
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