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: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 3.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 4.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 5.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 7.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 9.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 10.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 11.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 13.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 14.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 15.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 16.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 17.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 18.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 19.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 20.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 21.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 23.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 24.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 25.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 26.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 27.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 28.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 29.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 30.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 31.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 32.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 34.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 35.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 37.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
Answer key
- hole
- aunt
- bear
- piece
- so
- dear
- cell
- Would
- week
- no
- nose
- weight
- whole
- blue
- meet
- fare
- sun
- some
- sow
- sale
- deer
- wood
- blew
- sell
- here
- hair
- flower
- to
- ate
- write
- won
- witch
- heel
- their
- bee
- two
- buy
- sail
- knew
- steel
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