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: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 3.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 4.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 5.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 6.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 7.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 9.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 10.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 11.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 13.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 14.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 15.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 16.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 17.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 18.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 19.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 21.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 22.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 24.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 25.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 26.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 27.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 28.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 29.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 30.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 31.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 32.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 34.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 35.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 36.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 37.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 38.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 39.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
Answer key
- our
- tale
- blew
- night
- dear
- bee
- cell
- no
- flower
- rode
- see
- nose
- sell
- steal
- write
- witch
- ant
- steel
- peace
- two
- whole
- know
- plane
- hair
- son
- knows
- flu
- too
- fare
- bear
- read
- hear
- hare
- one
- knight
- pair
- buy
- wood
- pear
- wait
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