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: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 2.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
- 3.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
- 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
- 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 7.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
- 8.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 9.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
- 10.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
- 11.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 12.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
- 13.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
- 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 15.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
- 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
- 17.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
- 18.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 19.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
- 20.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
- 21.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 22.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 23.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
- 24.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 25.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
- 26.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
- 27.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
- 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
- 29.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
- 30.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
- 31.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
- 32.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
- 33.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 34.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
- 35.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
- 36.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
- 37.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 38.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 39.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
- 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
Answer key
- right
- red
- bee
- be
- sun
- dear
- sew
- sum
- meet
- blew
- Which
- read
- new
- flour
- too
- so
- won
- sea
- sell
- know
- Would
- pear
- their
- knows
- buy
- peace
- meat
- heel
- to
- no
- road
- knew
- see
- some
- here
- eight
- blue
- hear
- steel
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