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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 2.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 3.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 5.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 6.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 7.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 8.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 9.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 10.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 11.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 14.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 15.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 17.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 18.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 19.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 20.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 21.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 22.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 25.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 27.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 28.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 29.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 30.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 31.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 34.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 35.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 36.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 37.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 38.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 39.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 40.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
Answer key
- hair
- pear
- wait
- they're
- hear
- sow
- knows
- so
- cell
- witch
- aunt
- plane
- sale
- see
- no
- sail
- flu
- one
- Which
- bear
- male
- peace
- road
- whole
- heel
- rode
- by
- pair
- Would
- flower
- piece
- sun
- tale
- hare
- red
- ate
- meat
- ant
- bee
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