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: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 2.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 4.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 6.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 7.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 9.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 10.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 11.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 12.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 13.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 14.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 15.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 16.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 17.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 18.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 19.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 20.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 22.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 24.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 26.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 28.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 30.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 31.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 32.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 33.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 34.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
- 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 37.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
Answer key
- tail
- meat
- here
- sow
- sun
- cell
- dear
- Would
- flour
- week
- two
- fair
- deer
- pear
- hair
- piece
- too
- so
- sail
- peace
- hear
- tale
- male
- whole
- witch
- won
- buy
- son
- aunt
- right
- steel
- bee
- road
- eight
- no
- heel
- hare
- by
- wait
- knows
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