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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 130 · 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 ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  4. 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  12. 12.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  13. 13.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  20. 20.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  22. 22.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  37. 37.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. hear
  3. buy
  4. aunt
  5. meet
  6. peace
  7. see
  8. by
  9. male
  10. here
  11. new
  12. weak
  13. bear
  14. there
  15. sea
  16. cell
  17. right
  18. piece
  19. tale
  20. hole
  21. Would
  22. our
  23. heal
  24. knew
  25. rode
  26. sew
  27. sail
  28. too
  29. sale
  30. one
  31. sun
  32. sell
  33. be
  34. red
  35. they're
  36. flour
  37. to
  38. two
  39. weight
  40. road

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