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: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 2.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 3.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 4.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 5.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 6.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 7.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 8.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 9.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 10.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 11.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 12.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 13.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 14.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 17.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 18.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 19.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 20.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 21.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 22.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 24.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 25.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 26.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 27.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 28.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 29.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 30.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 31.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 32.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 34.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 35.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 36.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 37.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 38.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 39.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 40.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
Answer key
- be
- sea
- week
- wood
- deer
- by
- there
- flew
- heal
- so
- sum
- their
- bear
- weak
- no
- weight
- they're
- witch
- ant
- sew
- night
- blue
- peace
- some
- red
- tail
- knows
- knew
- Would
- read
- whole
- bee
- nose
- hole
- new
- hear
- sow
- our
- steel
- see
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