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: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 2.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 3.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 5.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 6.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 7.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 8.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 9.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 10.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 11.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
- 12.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 13.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 14.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 15.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 17.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 18.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 19.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 21.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 22.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 23.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 24.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 25.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 27.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 30.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 31.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 32.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 33.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 34.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 35.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 36.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 37.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 38.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 39.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 40.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
Answer key
- pair
- sail
- they're
- heel
- aunt
- no
- knight
- there
- see
- plane
- buy
- week
- whole
- meat
- hare
- so
- steel
- cell
- piece
- be
- knows
- new
- ate
- deer
- red
- weight
- sew
- wait
- witch
- hole
- bare
- eight
- son
- rode
- won
- read
- sea
- bear
- fair
- flower
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