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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 129 · 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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  3. 3.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  5. 5.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  7. 7.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  12. 12.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  26. 26.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  31. 31.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  36. 36.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their

Answer key

  1. hair
  2. sell
  3. so
  4. one
  5. see
  6. be
  7. our
  8. here
  9. no
  10. write
  11. tale
  12. steal
  13. meat
  14. peace
  15. pair
  16. sun
  17. son
  18. hare
  19. read
  20. their
  21. knight
  22. flour
  23. tail
  24. road
  25. weight
  26. bear
  27. piece
  28. know
  29. wait
  30. to
  31. steel
  32. bare
  33. meet
  34. blue
  35. hear
  36. fare
  37. ate
  38. by
  39. bee
  40. there

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