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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 10 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  2. 2.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  3. 3.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  7. 7.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  13. 13.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  21. 21.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  25. 25.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  26. 26.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  29. 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  33. 33.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew

Answer key

  1. sew
  2. weak
  3. aunt
  4. sale
  5. bee
  6. red
  7. ant
  8. be
  9. Which
  10. know
  11. fare
  12. Would
  13. nose
  14. knows
  15. no
  16. ate
  17. read
  18. tale
  19. hare
  20. weight
  21. too
  22. wood
  23. eight
  24. write
  25. steel
  26. week
  27. right
  28. flew
  29. won
  30. tail
  31. road
  32. flour
  33. hole
  34. peace
  35. see
  36. meet
  37. there
  38. rode
  39. pair
  40. flu

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