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: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 3.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 4.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 5.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 8.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 9.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 10.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 11.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 12.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 13.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 14.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 15.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 17.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 18.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 19.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 20.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 21.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 22.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 24.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 25.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 26.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 28.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 29.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 30.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 31.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 32.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 33.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 35.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 36.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 37.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 38.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 39.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 40.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
Answer key
- hole
- our
- one
- whole
- new
- heel
- wait
- night
- be
- to
- fare
- dear
- steal
- peace
- heal
- two
- knew
- flour
- sow
- tail
- son
- Which
- plane
- sea
- sew
- their
- no
- hair
- bee
- road
- sale
- bare
- sail
- red
- nose
- hour
- flew
- week
- see
- sum
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