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: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 3.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 5.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 6.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 8.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 9.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 10.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 11.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 12.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 13.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 14.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 15.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 17.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 18.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 19.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 20.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 21.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 22.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 23.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 24.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 26.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 27.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 28.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 29.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 30.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 32.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 33.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 35.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 36.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 37.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 38.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 39.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 40.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
Answer key
- tale
- weight
- week
- aunt
- know
- no
- be
- bear
- hour
- meet
- too
- won
- steel
- here
- some
- sun
- our
- fair
- cell
- knew
- hare
- they're
- pair
- sow
- see
- wood
- weak
- meat
- one
- witch
- read
- blew
- new
- wait
- dear
- flower
- heal
- whole
- fare
- plane
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