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: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 2.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 3.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 4.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 5.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 6.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 7.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 9.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 10.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 11.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 12.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 14.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 15.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 16.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 18.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 19.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 20.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 21.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 22.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 23.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 25.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 26.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 28.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 29.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 30.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 31.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 32.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 33.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 35.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 36.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 37.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 38.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 40.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
Answer key
- whole
- road
- they're
- bare
- piece
- our
- steel
- no
- sail
- son
- by
- eight
- meat
- so
- nose
- here
- flew
- blew
- new
- blue
- hare
- to
- knew
- wait
- cell
- sow
- heel
- male
- Would
- peace
- fare
- their
- tail
- right
- hole
- there
- sum
- two
- steal
- night
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