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: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 2.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
- 5.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 6.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 7.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 9.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 10.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 11.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 12.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
- 13.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
- 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 16.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 17.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 20.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 23.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 25.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 26.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 27.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 29.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 30.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 31.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 32.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 33.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 34.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 35.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 36.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 37.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 38.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 39.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 40.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
Answer key
- fare
- week
- flour
- wait
- one
- there
- male
- flu
- flower
- meet
- Which
- knows
- sew
- witch
- heel
- hour
- see
- steal
- weight
- sale
- hear
- sun
- some
- no
- tail
- knew
- eight
- be
- wood
- bare
- bee
- to
- weak
- steel
- hair
- write
- read
- hole
- here
- ate
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