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: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 2.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 3.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 4.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 5.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 6.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 7.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 8.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 9.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 11.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 12.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 13.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 15.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 17.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 18.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 19.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 20.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 21.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 23.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 24.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 25.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 26.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 27.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 28.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 31.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 32.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 33.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 34.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 35.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 36.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 38.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 39.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 40.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
Answer key
- Would
- male
- dear
- plane
- hear
- knows
- Which
- sew
- tale
- ate
- wood
- hair
- bear
- knight
- right
- rode
- tail
- sail
- pair
- here
- flew
- hour
- hole
- their
- new
- sow
- sale
- fair
- sun
- piece
- our
- red
- meat
- blew
- flour
- read
- witch
- bee
- sum
- know
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