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: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 4.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 6.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 7.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 8.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 9.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 10.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 11.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 12.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 13.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 14.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 15.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 16.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 17.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 18.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 19.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 20.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 21.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 23.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 24.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 25.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 27.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 30.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 31.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 32.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 34.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 35.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 37.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 38.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 40.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
Answer key
- sow
- two
- be
- ant
- read
- so
- night
- nose
- flew
- see
- won
- road
- heal
- fare
- week
- Which
- sail
- buy
- know
- knew
- dear
- deer
- tail
- piece
- rode
- flour
- heel
- witch
- they're
- our
- wood
- knows
- new
- there
- knight
- sew
- too
- steal
- hear
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