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: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 2.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 3.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 4.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 5.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 6.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 7.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 8.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 9.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 10.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 11.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 12.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 13.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 16.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 17.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 19.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 21.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 22.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 24.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 26.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 27.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 28.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 30.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 31.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 32.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 33.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 35.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 36.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 37.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 38.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 39.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 40.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
Answer key
- whole
- weak
- steal
- hour
- sum
- eight
- our
- buy
- blew
- red
- bear
- bare
- peace
- plane
- heel
- piece
- nose
- blue
- flour
- sew
- pear
- male
- pair
- sun
- there
- fare
- here
- knight
- Which
- sea
- road
- know
- witch
- flu
- bee
- write
- too
- tale
- fair
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