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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 128 · 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: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  15. 15.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  23. 23.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  26. 26.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  32. 32.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  35. 35.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  38. 38.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. peace
  3. blew
  4. new
  5. knight
  6. flower
  7. flew
  8. sew
  9. fair
  10. sun
  11. heel
  12. son
  13. flour
  14. by
  15. ant
  16. bee
  17. buy
  18. they're
  19. pair
  20. aunt
  21. whole
  22. write
  23. steel
  24. no
  25. flu
  26. dear
  27. night
  28. one
  29. their
  30. here
  31. to
  32. week
  33. sea
  34. male
  35. won
  36. tale
  37. sell
  38. deer
  39. hour
  40. wait

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