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 can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 2.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 3.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 4.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 5.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 6.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 7.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 8.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 10.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 11.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 12.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 14.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 15.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 16.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 17.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 18.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 19.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 20.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 22.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 23.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 25.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 28.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 29.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 32.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 33.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 34.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 35.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 36.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 38.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 39.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 40.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
Answer key
- hear
- blue
- road
- eight
- our
- hair
- write
- there
- male
- won
- one
- know
- be
- red
- their
- sail
- whole
- by
- piece
- flower
- heel
- Would
- son
- wait
- meet
- sew
- two
- steal
- knew
- deer
- weight
- bare
- sum
- flu
- fair
- new
- ant
- tale
- pear
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