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 ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 2.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 3.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 4.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 6.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 7.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 8.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 9.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 10.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 11.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 12.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 13.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 14.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 15.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 16.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 18.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 20.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 21.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 22.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 23.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 24.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 25.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 26.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 27.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 28.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 29.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 30.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 31.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 32.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 33.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 34.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 35.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 36.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 38.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 39.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
Answer key
- cell
- flower
- buy
- weak
- heel
- rode
- fare
- their
- new
- bee
- Would
- there
- know
- hole
- so
- fair
- flew
- sell
- sun
- ant
- write
- tail
- red
- plane
- eight
- by
- sow
- hair
- sew
- peace
- wood
- whole
- blue
- sale
- hear
- some
- no
- tale
- week
- knows
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