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: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 2.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 3.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 4.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 5.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 6.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 7.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 9.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 10.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 12.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 13.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 14.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 15.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 18.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 19.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 20.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 21.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 22.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 23.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 25.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 26.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 27.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 28.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 29.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 30.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 31.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 32.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 33.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 35.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 36.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 37.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 39.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 40.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
Answer key
- wait
- they're
- sow
- to
- bee
- buy
- read
- flu
- their
- sell
- sea
- sum
- new
- meet
- right
- so
- blew
- ant
- steal
- too
- red
- flour
- bear
- piece
- Which
- dear
- sale
- knows
- hour
- hair
- flower
- here
- blue
- sun
- plane
- our
- tail
- weight
- heal
- tale
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