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 ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 3.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 4.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 5.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 6.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 7.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 8.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 9.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 10.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 11.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 12.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 14.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 15.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 16.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 17.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 18.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 19.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 20.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 21.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 23.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 25.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 26.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 28.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 29.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 30.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 31.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 32.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 33.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 34.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 35.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 36.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 37.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
Answer key
- ate
- knight
- hour
- blew
- nose
- weak
- write
- tale
- deer
- rode
- ant
- sew
- meat
- aunt
- wood
- red
- peace
- hole
- Would
- flu
- Which
- weight
- by
- no
- tail
- bee
- sun
- two
- flew
- week
- road
- too
- steel
- knows
- bear
- hare
- fair
- sail
- be
- blue
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