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: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 2.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 3.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 5.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 6.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 7.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 8.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 9.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 10.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 11.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 12.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 14.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 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: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 20.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 21.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 22.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 23.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 24.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 25.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 26.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 27.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 28.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 29.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 30.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 31.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 33.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 34.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 35.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
- 36.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 37.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 38.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 39.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 40.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
Answer key
- sew
- peace
- steel
- be
- wood
- male
- weight
- they're
- meat
- too
- sale
- knight
- write
- sum
- hear
- flour
- buy
- aunt
- witch
- flew
- knew
- ate
- heal
- blew
- nose
- red
- flower
- road
- Which
- sail
- pair
- weak
- ant
- meet
- tale
- hair
- dear
- fair
- blue
- know
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