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) tail (b) tale
- 2.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 3.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 4.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 5.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 6.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 7.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 8.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 9.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 10.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 12.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 13.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 14.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 15.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 17.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
- 18.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 19.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 20.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 21.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 23.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 24.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 26.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 27.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 28.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 31.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 33.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 34.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 35.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 36.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 37.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 38.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 39.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 40.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
Answer key
- tail
- our
- right
- blew
- see
- piece
- to
- hair
- meet
- write
- fair
- sea
- too
- hear
- flour
- night
- pair
- heal
- Which
- flew
- dear
- wood
- red
- sum
- hare
- meat
- rode
- sun
- heel
- flu
- weak
- witch
- read
- bear
- tale
- week
- steel
- hole
- new
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