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: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 4.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 6.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 7.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 8.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 9.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 10.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 11.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 12.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 13.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 14.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 15.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 16.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 17.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 18.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 19.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 20.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 21.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 23.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 24.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 25.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 26.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 27.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 30.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 31.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 33.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 34.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 35.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 36.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 37.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 38.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 39.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 40.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
Answer key
- steel
- be
- wait
- heal
- one
- deer
- there
- dear
- knight
- right
- flu
- eight
- weak
- hour
- hair
- sew
- no
- bare
- to
- tail
- plane
- sea
- here
- fare
- buy
- tale
- know
- won
- cell
- their
- piece
- they're
- sail
- rode
- hare
- blue
- see
- meet
- sum
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