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: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 2.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 4.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 5.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 7.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 9.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 10.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 11.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 12.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 13.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 15.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 16.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 17.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 18.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 19.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 20.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 21.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 23.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 25.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 26.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 27.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 28.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 29.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 30.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 31.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 32.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 33.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 34.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 35.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 36.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 37.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 38.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 39.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 40.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
Answer key
- flu
- there
- flour
- blew
- tail
- weight
- our
- no
- nose
- heel
- pear
- too
- fair
- wait
- sail
- meet
- son
- cell
- rode
- flower
- knight
- by
- piece
- here
- be
- sale
- peace
- whole
- eight
- Which
- steal
- ate
- road
- new
- bear
- knew
- so
- write
- sea
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