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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 12 · 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: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  4. 4.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  5. 5.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  11. 11.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  14. 14.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  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: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new

Answer key

  1. too
  2. deer
  3. bee
  4. won
  5. so
  6. meat
  7. rode
  8. sell
  9. knows
  10. buy
  11. weak
  12. Which
  13. road
  14. steel
  15. there
  16. hare
  17. their
  18. nose
  19. witch
  20. flew
  21. wood
  22. one
  23. plane
  24. son
  25. heal
  26. night
  27. pair
  28. flower
  29. tail
  30. new
  31. sow
  32. tale
  33. pear
  34. right
  35. wait
  36. piece
  37. sale
  38. hear
  39. fair
  40. knew

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