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: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 3.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 4.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 5.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 6.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 7.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 8.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 10.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 11.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 12.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 13.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 14.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 15.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 16.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 17.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 18.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 19.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 20.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 21.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 22.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 23.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 24.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 25.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 28.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 30.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 31.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 32.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 34.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 35.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 36.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 37.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 38.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 39.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 40.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
Answer key
- read
- weight
- tail
- night
- our
- right
- pair
- new
- they're
- sell
- know
- flew
- peace
- so
- piece
- here
- whole
- week
- won
- there
- knows
- weak
- some
- heal
- aunt
- sun
- buy
- sum
- by
- two
- steal
- witch
- plane
- to
- son
- see
- road
- one
- sea
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