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: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 2.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 3.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 4.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 5.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 6.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 7.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 8.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 9.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 10.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 11.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 12.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 13.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 14.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 15.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 16.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 17.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 19.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 20.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 21.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 22.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 27.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 29.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 30.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 32.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 33.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 34.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 35.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 36.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 37.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 38.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 39.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
Answer key
- knows
- hear
- knight
- no
- two
- red
- pear
- some
- hour
- there
- ant
- right
- blew
- meat
- knew
- deer
- dear
- hair
- whole
- flour
- new
- weight
- road
- see
- heel
- by
- wood
- rode
- hare
- wait
- won
- to
- heal
- week
- plane
- night
- sell
- tail
- be
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