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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 118 · 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: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  4. 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  6. 6.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  17. 17.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  36. 36.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  38. 38.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew

Answer key

  1. here
  2. peace
  3. weight
  4. aunt
  5. mail
  6. steal
  7. plane
  8. rode
  9. write
  10. sea
  11. flower
  12. their
  13. sell
  14. flew
  15. hair
  16. nose
  17. too
  18. road
  19. new
  20. whole
  21. some
  22. meat
  23. buy
  24. ate
  25. tale
  26. pair
  27. knight
  28. heel
  29. flu
  30. hour
  31. wait
  32. two
  33. read
  34. flour
  35. hear
  36. won
  37. they're
  38. bee
  39. son
  40. sew

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