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: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 2.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 4.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 7.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 8.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 9.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 10.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 11.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 13.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 14.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 15.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 16.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 17.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 18.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 19.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 20.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 21.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 22.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 23.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 25.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 26.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 27.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 28.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 29.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 30.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 31.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 32.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 35.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 37.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 38.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 39.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 40.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
Answer key
- deer
- wood
- here
- steel
- meat
- rode
- new
- won
- no
- knows
- wait
- flew
- fare
- cell
- ant
- Which
- sale
- blue
- bee
- one
- steal
- by
- weak
- buy
- whole
- know
- tail
- they're
- tale
- nose
- male
- plane
- heel
- flower
- knight
- road
- dear
- son
- sew
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