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: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 3.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 5.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 6.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 7.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 8.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 10.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 11.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 12.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 13.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 14.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 15.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 16.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 17.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 18.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 19.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 20.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 21.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 22.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 23.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 24.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 25.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 26.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 27.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 28.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 29.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 32.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 33.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 34.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 35.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 36.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 38.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 39.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 40.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
Answer key
- bee
- aunt
- write
- nose
- deer
- they're
- hair
- road
- weight
- one
- meet
- fair
- sum
- Would
- fare
- read
- hare
- new
- sale
- wood
- pear
- hear
- buy
- red
- night
- tale
- knew
- week
- so
- their
- witch
- sell
- blue
- some
- here
- sow
- knight
- bear
- right
- pair
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