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: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 3.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 4.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 5.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 6.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 7.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 8.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 9.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 11.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 12.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 14.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 15.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 16.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 17.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 18.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 19.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 20.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 21.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 22.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 23.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 24.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 25.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 26.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 28.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 30.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 31.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 32.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 34.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 35.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 36.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 37.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 38.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 39.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 40.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
Answer key
- weight
- read
- sow
- dear
- one
- by
- knew
- sell
- write
- their
- eight
- knight
- heal
- flew
- male
- bear
- cell
- hear
- sea
- flu
- fare
- to
- new
- know
- meat
- plane
- bare
- sun
- tail
- fair
- tale
- no
- blew
- some
- ate
- son
- wood
- knows
- sum
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