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) weight (b) wait
- 2.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 3.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 4.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 5.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 6.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 7.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 9.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 10.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 12.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 13.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 14.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 15.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 17.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 18.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 20.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 21.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 23.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 25.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 26.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 27.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 28.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 29.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 30.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 31.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 32.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 33.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 35.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 36.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 38.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 39.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
Answer key
- wait
- bee
- flower
- peace
- flu
- sow
- two
- sail
- right
- sea
- by
- road
- piece
- read
- hare
- week
- write
- plane
- weak
- deer
- knight
- see
- fair
- tale
- flour
- won
- ate
- bear
- meet
- fare
- male
- sell
- witch
- their
- so
- new
- one
- ant
- steel
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