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 ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 4.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
- 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 6.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 7.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 8.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 9.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 10.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 11.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
- 12.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 13.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 14.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
- 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 18.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 19.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
- 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 21.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 22.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 23.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
- 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 25.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 26.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 28.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 29.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 30.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 31.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 32.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
- 33.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 34.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 35.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 36.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 37.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 38.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 39.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
- 40.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
Answer key
- plane
- nose
- be
- sew
- wait
- Would
- one
- flower
- sun
- ate
- right
- they're
- tale
- here
- no
- rode
- flew
- too
- tail
- heel
- ant
- see
- knight
- peace
- pear
- write
- two
- eight
- flour
- fare
- there
- buy
- fair
- steal
- Which
- dear
- so
- aunt
- sail
- our
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