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 children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
- 2.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
- 3.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
- 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
- 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 6.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 7.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
- 8.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
- 9.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
- 10.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
- 11.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 12.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
- 13.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
- 14.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 15.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
- 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
- 17.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
- 18.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 19.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
- 20.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
- 21.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 22.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 23.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
- 24.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 25.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
- 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
- 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
- 28.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 29.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 30.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 33.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
- 34.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
- 35.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
- 36.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
- 37.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
- 38.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 39.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
- 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
Answer key
- their
- hair
- no
- wait
- flower
- hour
- deer
- son
- wood
- pear
- week
- ate
- here
- male
- blew
- nose
- road
- pair
- write
- steal
- red
- piece
- heal
- fare
- dear
- sew
- knight
- won
- bee
- our
- plane
- two
- to
- ant
- eight
- peace
- knows
- see
- one
- blue
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