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: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 2.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 3.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 4.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 5.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 7.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 8.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 9.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 11.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 12.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 13.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 14.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 17.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 18.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
- 19.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 21.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 22.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 23.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 24.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 25.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 26.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 27.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 28.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 29.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 31.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 32.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 33.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 34.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 35.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 36.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 37.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 38.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 39.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 40.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
Answer key
- ant
- one
- eight
- son
- by
- meat
- sail
- sea
- right
- ate
- piece
- week
- steel
- bare
- wait
- nose
- see
- our
- whole
- flour
- new
- they're
- read
- witch
- steal
- no
- flu
- sow
- two
- flower
- fair
- tail
- here
- road
- sell
- too
- blue
- Which
- cell
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