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: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 2.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 3.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 4.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 5.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 6.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 7.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 8.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 10.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 11.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 12.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 13.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 14.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 15.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 16.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 17.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 19.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 20.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 21.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 22.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 23.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 24.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 25.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 26.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 27.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 29.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 31.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 32.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 33.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 34.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 35.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 36.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 37.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 38.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 39.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 40.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
Answer key
- two
- our
- sale
- bear
- hair
- peace
- fair
- nose
- heel
- heal
- weak
- hour
- tail
- deer
- to
- write
- sew
- steal
- flew
- red
- sail
- road
- see
- Would
- ant
- aunt
- son
- know
- sell
- flower
- week
- won
- hole
- rode
- steel
- night
- they're
- read
- pear
- fare
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