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: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 2.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 3.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 4.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 6.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 7.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 8.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 9.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 11.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 12.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 13.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 14.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 15.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 16.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 18.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 19.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 20.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 21.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 22.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 23.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 24.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 25.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 26.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 27.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 29.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 30.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 31.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 32.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 33.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 35.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 36.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 37.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 38.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 39.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 40.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
Answer key
- wait
- hare
- Which
- sell
- flower
- wood
- piece
- cell
- night
- be
- whole
- knew
- won
- bee
- deer
- hour
- ate
- right
- meat
- steel
- sew
- to
- they're
- rode
- sow
- hole
- see
- knight
- road
- tale
- hear
- week
- pair
- heel
- red
- their
- son
- flu
- meet
- so
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