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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 117 · 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: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  19. 19.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  20. 20.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  29. 29.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  37. 37.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale

Answer key

  1. Would
  2. here
  3. wait
  4. meat
  5. sea
  6. meet
  7. knows
  8. knew
  9. so
  10. they're
  11. sail
  12. pair
  13. be
  14. hare
  15. piece
  16. flu
  17. buy
  18. deer
  19. ant
  20. steal
  21. there
  22. heal
  23. knight
  24. right
  25. road
  26. know
  27. see
  28. wood
  29. hole
  30. flew
  31. ate
  32. tail
  33. blew
  34. sow
  35. blue
  36. read
  37. week
  38. sun
  39. rode
  40. tale

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