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 ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 2.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 3.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 4.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 5.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 6.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 7.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 8.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 9.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 10.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 13.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 15.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 16.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 17.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 19.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 20.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 21.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 22.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 23.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 25.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 26.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 27.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 28.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 29.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 30.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 31.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 32.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 36.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 37.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 39.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 40.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
Answer key
- knew
- deer
- road
- buy
- two
- hear
- some
- flower
- flour
- too
- be
- wait
- here
- knows
- by
- sow
- bear
- steal
- won
- see
- Would
- wood
- fair
- fare
- ant
- pear
- son
- bare
- hare
- week
- blew
- nose
- right
- blue
- one
- steel
- sun
- meat
- know
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