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 ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 3.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 5.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 6.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 8.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 9.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 12.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 13.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 14.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 15.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 16.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 17.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 18.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 19.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 20.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 21.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 23.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 24.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 25.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 26.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 27.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 28.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 29.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 30.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 31.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 32.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 33.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 34.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 35.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 36.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 37.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 38.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 40.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
Answer key
- be
- sun
- week
- deer
- eight
- whole
- knows
- to
- bear
- read
- write
- Which
- two
- aunt
- weak
- hole
- knew
- son
- tale
- new
- buy
- heel
- flour
- ant
- some
- here
- blue
- fair
- hour
- right
- their
- dear
- flower
- there
- see
- meet
- so
- night
- ate
- steal
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