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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 125 · 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: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  3. 3.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  9. 9.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  15. 15.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  21. 21.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  26. 26.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  27. 27.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  31. 31.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  36. 36.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  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: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum

Answer key

  1. deer
  2. fare
  3. sail
  4. blew
  5. bear
  6. peace
  7. heal
  8. hair
  9. too
  10. knows
  11. knight
  12. blue
  13. write
  14. whole
  15. steal
  16. night
  17. eight
  18. male
  19. road
  20. sum
  21. see
  22. fair
  23. witch
  24. here
  25. one
  26. steel
  27. week
  28. heel
  29. plane
  30. two
  31. won
  32. right
  33. sow
  34. red
  35. hare
  36. ant
  37. they're
  38. flew
  39. pear
  40. some

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