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) hare (b) hair
- 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 3.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 4.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 5.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
- 6.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 7.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 8.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 9.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 10.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 11.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 12.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 13.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 14.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 15.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 16.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 17.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 18.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 20.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 21.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 22.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 23.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 24.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 25.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 26.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 27.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
- 28.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 29.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 30.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 31.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 32.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 34.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 35.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 36.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 37.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 39.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 40.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
Answer key
- hair
- wait
- eight
- sew
- hare
- heal
- one
- wood
- Would
- flower
- bee
- sell
- tale
- son
- peace
- they're
- hour
- sea
- road
- blew
- new
- night
- sail
- by
- aunt
- meet
- some
- their
- deer
- know
- bare
- red
- knows
- tail
- too
- sale
- hole
- plane
- pear
- buy
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