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: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 2.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 4.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 5.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 6.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 7.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 8.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 10.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 11.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 12.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 14.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 15.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 17.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 18.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 19.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 20.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 21.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 22.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 23.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 24.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 25.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 26.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 27.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 28.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 29.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 30.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 31.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 33.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 34.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 35.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 36.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 37.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 38.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 39.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 40.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
Answer key
- knew
- red
- knight
- bare
- road
- see
- piece
- witch
- sun
- fare
- pear
- here
- flour
- write
- their
- be
- flower
- plane
- Which
- steal
- knows
- some
- rode
- they're
- meat
- flu
- fair
- sea
- too
- there
- tail
- weak
- sum
- peace
- dear
- to
- Would
- our
- tale
- by
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