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: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 2.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 3.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 4.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 5.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 6.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 7.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 8.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 9.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 11.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 12.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 13.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 15.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 16.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 19.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 20.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 21.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 22.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 23.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 27.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 28.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 29.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 30.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 31.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 32.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 33.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 34.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 35.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 36.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 37.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 39.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 40.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
Answer key
- peace
- too
- flu
- road
- won
- sail
- bear
- knight
- buy
- Which
- pair
- plane
- new
- knows
- meet
- ant
- weight
- steal
- there
- some
- their
- flower
- tale
- weak
- see
- sew
- piece
- son
- sow
- night
- tail
- right
- hour
- so
- deer
- fair
- red
- witch
- sum
- flour
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