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: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 2.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 3.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 4.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 5.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 6.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 7.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 9.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 10.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 12.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 13.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 14.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 16.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 17.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 18.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 19.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 20.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 21.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 23.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 25.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 26.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 27.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 28.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 29.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 30.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 31.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 32.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 33.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 34.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 35.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 36.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 37.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 38.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 39.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 40.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
Answer key
- so
- one
- write
- wood
- steel
- right
- Would
- no
- see
- sum
- plane
- ant
- hare
- meat
- two
- flower
- peace
- tail
- flu
- heal
- sow
- heel
- bare
- piece
- by
- aunt
- knew
- tale
- road
- meet
- bear
- our
- night
- hole
- male
- blew
- bee
- dear
- pair
- rode
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