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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 127 · 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: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  8. 8.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  13. 13.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  20. 20.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  37. 37.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet

Answer key

  1. here
  2. hear
  3. heel
  4. deer
  5. by
  6. bare
  7. know
  8. won
  9. piece
  10. buy
  11. flour
  12. hare
  13. dear
  14. new
  15. write
  16. ate
  17. they're
  18. flew
  19. sew
  20. to
  21. whole
  22. pear
  23. pair
  24. flu
  25. fair
  26. rode
  27. knows
  28. blew
  29. aunt
  30. mail
  31. sum
  32. knight
  33. wood
  34. plane
  35. night
  36. two
  37. nose
  38. sail
  39. steal
  40. meat

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