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: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 2.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 3.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 4.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 5.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 6.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 7.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 8.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 9.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 10.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 11.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 12.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 15.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 17.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 18.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 19.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 20.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 22.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 23.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 24.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 25.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 26.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 27.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 28.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 29.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 30.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 33.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 34.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 35.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 36.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 37.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 38.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 39.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 40.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
Answer key
- road
- weak
- hole
- hear
- hare
- blue
- here
- male
- week
- blew
- flower
- sum
- heel
- flour
- bare
- rode
- night
- pear
- fair
- some
- knight
- bear
- dear
- steel
- son
- ant
- Which
- sail
- tale
- peace
- wait
- new
- buy
- sew
- bee
- know
- meat
- write
- hour
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