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: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 2.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 3.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
- 4.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 5.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 6.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 7.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 8.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
- 9.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 10.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 11.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 12.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 13.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 14.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 15.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 17.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 18.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 20.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 21.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 23.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 25.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
- 26.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 27.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 28.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 29.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 30.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 31.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 33.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 34.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 35.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 36.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 37.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 38.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
- 39.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 40.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
Answer key
- some
- new
- deer
- here
- son
- to
- sun
- Which
- dear
- piece
- rode
- flower
- hare
- no
- sell
- so
- sail
- blew
- witch
- week
- pair
- hour
- weak
- peace
- fair
- right
- knows
- write
- tale
- heal
- hear
- heel
- pear
- cell
- ate
- Would
- hole
- there
- won
- know
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