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) there (b) they're (c) their
- 2.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
- 3.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 5.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 6.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 7.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 8.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 9.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 10.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 12.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 13.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 14.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 15.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 16.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 17.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 18.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 19.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 20.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 21.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 22.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 23.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 24.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 25.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 26.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 28.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 30.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 31.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 32.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 33.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 35.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 36.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 37.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 38.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 39.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 40.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) too (c) two
Answer key
- they're
- sum
- sea
- deer
- flu
- road
- hair
- flew
- new
- fare
- write
- tale
- bear
- flour
- heal
- steal
- sale
- Would
- buy
- know
- sail
- bee
- dear
- pair
- weak
- heel
- whole
- nose
- Which
- fair
- meet
- sow
- weight
- one
- ant
- some
- week
- flower
- too
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