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: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 2.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 4.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 6.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 7.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 11.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 12.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 13.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 15.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 16.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 17.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 18.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 20.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 21.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 22.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 25.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 26.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 27.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 28.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 29.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 30.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 33.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 34.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 35.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 36.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 37.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 39.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 40.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
Answer key
- ant
- tail
- flour
- buy
- read
- know
- hear
- Would
- they're
- steel
- too
- no
- to
- knight
- eight
- heal
- bare
- witch
- road
- dear
- red
- deer
- plane
- peace
- so
- knew
- by
- bear
- here
- wood
- write
- piece
- sail
- aunt
- sea
- hare
- blue
- sun
- bee
- won
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