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: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
- 2.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
- 3.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 4.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 5.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
- 6.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 7.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
- 8.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
- 9.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 10.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
- 11.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
- 12.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
- 13.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
- 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 15.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
- 16.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
- 17.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 18.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
- 19.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 20.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
- 21.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
- 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
- 23.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
- 24.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
- 25.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
- 26.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
- 27.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
- 28.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
- 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 30.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
- 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
- 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
- 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
- 34.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 35.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
- 36.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
- 37.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 38.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
- 39.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
- 40.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
Answer key
- flu
- flew
- tail
- tale
- bare
- meet
- sale
- piece
- night
- blue
- Would
- bee
- sea
- flour
- steal
- our
- male
- hole
- sun
- weak
- plane
- wood
- son
- pair
- their
- week
- there
- steel
- won
- fare
- weight
- new
- nose
- fair
- Which
- see
- hare
- hour
- so
- hair
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