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 ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 2.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 3.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 4.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 6.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 7.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 8.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 12.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 13.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 15.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 16.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 17.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 18.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 20.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 21.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 22.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 23.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 24.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 25.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 26.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 27.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 28.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 29.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 31.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 33.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 34.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 35.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 36.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 37.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 38.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 39.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 40.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
Answer key
- plane
- sea
- hare
- meat
- read
- witch
- whole
- knew
- knight
- knows
- ate
- bee
- too
- weight
- sell
- road
- tail
- two
- here
- piece
- buy
- hour
- rode
- bare
- so
- fair
- weak
- flu
- flower
- blue
- wait
- tale
- they're
- sale
- pair
- hole
- write
- our
- one
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