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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 104 · 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: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  6. 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  10. 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  11. 11.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  13. 13.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  15. 15.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  21. 21.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  24. 24.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  27. 27.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. sale
  3. night
  4. meet
  5. blue
  6. dear
  7. hare
  8. two
  9. bee
  10. steel
  11. steal
  12. see
  13. hole
  14. tale
  15. too
  16. there
  17. bare
  18. sea
  19. one
  20. male
  21. week
  22. ate
  23. buy
  24. cell
  25. heal
  26. rode
  27. our
  28. wood
  29. here
  30. read
  31. blew
  32. be
  33. whole
  34. son
  35. red
  36. hear
  37. know
  38. knew
  39. deer
  40. Which

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