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: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 2.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 3.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 4.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 5.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 6.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 7.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
- 8.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 9.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 10.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
- 11.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 12.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 13.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 14.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 16.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 17.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 18.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 19.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 20.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 21.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 22.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 23.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 25.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 27.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 30.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 31.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 32.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 33.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 34.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 35.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 36.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 37.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 38.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 39.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 40.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
Answer key
- they're
- piece
- knows
- hole
- so
- red
- there
- sow
- blue
- cell
- peace
- by
- fare
- road
- sun
- sum
- too
- fair
- steel
- pair
- some
- aunt
- write
- no
- right
- rode
- ant
- know
- wait
- one
- sell
- meet
- steal
- flu
- hear
- our
- to
- week
- dear
- heal
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