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: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 3.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 4.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 5.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 6.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 7.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 8.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 9.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 10.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 11.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 13.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 14.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 15.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 16.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 17.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
- 18.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 19.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 20.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 21.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 22.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 23.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 24.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 26.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 27.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 28.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 30.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 31.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 33.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 34.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 35.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 36.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 37.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 38.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 39.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 40.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
Answer key
- pair
- sun
- flower
- knight
- no
- here
- they're
- ant
- right
- nose
- sum
- heel
- their
- whole
- Which
- knew
- heal
- by
- son
- read
- tale
- hear
- knows
- rode
- weight
- week
- piece
- night
- know
- weak
- some
- wait
- male
- write
- deer
- be
- hair
- new
- sell
- sow
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