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: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 2.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 3.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 4.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 5.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 6.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 7.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 9.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 10.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 11.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 14.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 15.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 16.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 17.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 18.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 19.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 20.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 21.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 23.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 24.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 25.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 26.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 27.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 29.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 30.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 31.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 32.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 33.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 35.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 36.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 37.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 39.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 40.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
Answer key
- our
- hour
- flu
- meet
- deer
- knew
- here
- no
- their
- pear
- hole
- heel
- write
- sow
- buy
- Would
- sea
- ant
- fair
- Which
- see
- wood
- there
- some
- won
- steal
- blue
- wait
- ate
- night
- sell
- meat
- sew
- sun
- flower
- cell
- piece
- knight
- sum
- hair
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