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: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 2.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 3.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 4.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 5.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 6.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 7.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 8.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 9.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 11.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 12.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 13.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 14.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 16.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 17.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 18.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 21.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 22.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 23.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 24.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 25.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 26.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 27.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 28.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 29.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 30.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 32.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 33.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 34.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 36.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 38.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 39.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 40.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
Answer key
- here
- knew
- cell
- right
- fair
- sum
- blew
- flour
- steal
- write
- deer
- knows
- our
- tale
- be
- blue
- whole
- no
- road
- two
- piece
- week
- meat
- by
- tail
- hair
- one
- eight
- pear
- plane
- wait
- sale
- new
- their
- weight
- ate
- sun
- bear
- know
- too
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