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: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 3.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 4.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 5.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 6.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 7.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 8.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 9.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 10.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 11.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 12.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 14.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 16.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 17.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 18.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 19.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 21.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 23.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 24.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 25.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 26.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
- 28.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 29.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 31.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 33.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 34.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 35.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 36.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 37.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 38.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 39.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 40.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
Answer key
- sea
- be
- fare
- blue
- right
- steel
- male
- ate
- knew
- flour
- flower
- their
- meat
- Which
- plane
- pear
- meet
- our
- son
- wait
- so
- heel
- tale
- know
- red
- hole
- buy
- hear
- Would
- deer
- bee
- new
- eight
- blew
- whole
- week
- wood
- sale
- one
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