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 tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 2.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
- 3.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 4.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 6.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 7.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 8.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
- 9.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 10.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 11.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
- 12.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 13.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 14.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 16.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 17.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 18.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 19.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
- 20.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 21.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 22.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 23.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
- 24.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 25.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
- 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 27.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 28.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
- 29.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
- 30.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
- 31.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
- 32.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 33.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 34.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 35.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 36.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
- 37.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
- 38.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 39.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 40.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
Answer key
- hare
- dear
- bee
- won
- sun
- road
- week
- ant
- here
- hair
- sew
- new
- pear
- nose
- no
- pair
- by
- whole
- one
- witch
- red
- piece
- bear
- so
- buy
- weight
- hole
- to
- male
- sea
- too
- aunt
- blew
- wood
- steel
- hear
- write
- plane
- see
- their
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