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: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 2.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 3.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 4.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 5.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 6.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 7.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 8.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 10.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 12.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 13.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 14.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 15.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 17.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 18.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 19.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 21.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 22.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 23.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 24.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 25.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 26.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 27.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 28.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 29.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 32.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 33.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 34.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 35.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 36.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 37.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 38.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 39.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 40.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
Answer key
- their
- ate
- weak
- meat
- bear
- sea
- bare
- they're
- nose
- write
- red
- steel
- sew
- steal
- no
- won
- new
- hair
- two
- here
- flour
- flower
- flew
- right
- flu
- so
- rode
- heal
- piece
- be
- plane
- hear
- blue
- peace
- to
- sell
- whole
- eight
- son
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