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: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 2.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 3.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 4.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 5.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 6.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 7.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 8.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 9.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 10.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 11.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 12.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 13.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 14.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 15.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 18.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 19.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 20.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 22.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 23.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 24.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 25.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 26.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 29.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 30.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 31.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 32.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 33.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 35.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 36.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 37.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 38.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 39.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 40.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
Answer key
- flower
- see
- sow
- plane
- eight
- bare
- aunt
- steal
- right
- to
- sail
- by
- fair
- meat
- male
- knight
- flew
- pear
- so
- weight
- nose
- tale
- write
- won
- sea
- buy
- witch
- dear
- Which
- hear
- rode
- sum
- wait
- hour
- Would
- sew
- hair
- deer
- knew
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