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: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 2.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 4.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 6.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 7.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 8.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 9.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 10.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 11.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 12.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 13.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 14.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 16.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 17.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 18.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 19.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 20.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 21.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 22.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 23.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 24.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 25.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 26.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 27.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 28.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 29.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 30.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 31.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 32.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 34.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 35.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 36.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 37.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 39.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 40.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
Answer key
- rode
- sew
- here
- some
- flower
- flour
- wood
- bare
- see
- hear
- tail
- their
- sale
- flu
- fair
- nose
- meat
- eight
- sell
- meet
- be
- weak
- plane
- ate
- so
- aunt
- fare
- right
- hole
- blue
- pair
- hare
- deer
- knew
- one
- too
- sail
- road
- write
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