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) Would (b) Wood
- 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 3.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 6.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 7.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 9.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 10.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 11.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 12.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 13.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 14.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 17.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 18.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 20.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 21.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 22.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 23.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 25.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 27.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 28.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 29.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 30.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 31.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 32.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 34.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 35.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 36.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 37.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 38.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 39.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 40.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
Answer key
- Would
- no
- sail
- deer
- flower
- night
- won
- two
- one
- knight
- meat
- knew
- aunt
- blue
- flu
- flour
- sea
- flew
- plane
- read
- pair
- whole
- wait
- fair
- Which
- sew
- sell
- there
- ate
- know
- bee
- buy
- sun
- meet
- cell
- dear
- hole
- blew
- their
- here
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