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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 3.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 4.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 5.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 6.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 7.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 8.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 9.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 10.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 11.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 12.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 14.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 15.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 17.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 18.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 19.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 20.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 21.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 23.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 24.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 25.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 26.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 27.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 28.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 29.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 31.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 32.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 33.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 34.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 35.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 36.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 37.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 38.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 39.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 40.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
Answer key
- hair
- aunt
- heal
- sow
- eight
- bear
- steel
- deer
- Which
- Would
- flu
- hole
- write
- meet
- peace
- rode
- bee
- right
- hear
- blue
- sail
- sun
- sale
- their
- some
- knows
- weak
- meat
- wait
- blew
- sew
- week
- knew
- flower
- buy
- sell
- son
- dear
- night
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