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: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 2.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 3.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 4.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 6.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 7.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 8.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 9.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 10.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 12.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 13.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 14.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 17.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 18.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 20.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 21.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 22.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 23.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 24.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 27.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 28.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 30.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 31.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 33.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 35.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 36.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 37.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 39.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 40.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
Answer key
- bare
- sea
- red
- meat
- sun
- cell
- flu
- deer
- dear
- blew
- heel
- pair
- ate
- one
- no
- hare
- sale
- eight
- weight
- road
- read
- flew
- new
- night
- see
- knight
- son
- by
- know
- write
- rode
- two
- tail
- right
- some
- won
- male
- plane
- sell
- here
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