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: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 4.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 6.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 7.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 8.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 10.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 12.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 13.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 14.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 15.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
- 16.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 17.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 19.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
- 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 21.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 22.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 23.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 24.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 25.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 26.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
- 27.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 28.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 29.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 30.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 31.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 32.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 33.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 34.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 35.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 36.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 38.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 39.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
- 40.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
Answer key
- tail
- heel
- wait
- meet
- sun
- to
- their
- they're
- sail
- here
- rode
- plane
- steal
- whole
- sale
- weak
- weight
- bear
- flour
- blue
- sell
- too
- wood
- night
- know
- Would
- so
- flu
- bare
- heal
- hour
- hair
- one
- buy
- knew
- new
- fair
- flew
- hear
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