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: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 2.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 5.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 6.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 10.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 11.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 12.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 13.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 14.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 15.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 18.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 19.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 20.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 21.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 22.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 23.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 24.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 26.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 27.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 31.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 32.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 33.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 34.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 35.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 36.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 37.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 38.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 39.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 40.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
Answer key
- blew
- peace
- here
- heel
- buy
- sale
- wait
- Would
- weight
- there
- hair
- flower
- two
- nose
- sail
- plane
- ate
- week
- steel
- pear
- ant
- red
- eight
- read
- sum
- know
- sell
- wood
- by
- their
- hour
- meat
- dear
- see
- heal
- too
- rode
- steal
- bare
- bee
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