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: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 2.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 3.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 5.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 6.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 7.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 8.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 9.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 12.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 14.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 16.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 18.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 19.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 20.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 21.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 22.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 23.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 24.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 25.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 26.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 27.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 28.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 29.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 30.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 31.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 32.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 33.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 34.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 35.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 37.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 38.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 39.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 40.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
Answer key
- nose
- to
- piece
- cell
- sow
- tale
- no
- read
- new
- Which
- here
- flour
- pair
- flower
- deer
- ate
- fare
- there
- road
- tail
- night
- sea
- some
- steal
- Would
- sail
- eight
- write
- hour
- pear
- so
- meat
- aunt
- week
- witch
- buy
- rode
- blue
- their
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