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 shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
- 2.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 4.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
- 5.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
- 6.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 7.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 8.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 9.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 10.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 11.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 12.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 13.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
- 14.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 15.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 16.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 17.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 18.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
- 19.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 20.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 21.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 22.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
- 23.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 24.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 25.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 26.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 27.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 28.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
- 30.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 31.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 33.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 34.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 35.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 36.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 38.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 39.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 40.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
Answer key
- sale
- hair
- flour
- hole
- bare
- rode
- see
- wood
- blew
- right
- pear
- heal
- hour
- sun
- peace
- road
- by
- buy
- knew
- cell
- weak
- flu
- nose
- meet
- write
- steal
- some
- bear
- heel
- they're
- new
- whole
- dear
- sea
- wait
- weight
- knows
- steel
- flower
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