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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 131 · 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 ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  7. 7.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  8. 8.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  10. 10.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  12. 12.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  13. 13.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  24. 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose

Answer key

  1. ate
  2. sell
  3. peace
  4. tale
  5. plane
  6. fare
  7. won
  8. hole
  9. male
  10. steal
  11. hear
  12. our
  13. nose
  14. right
  15. eight
  16. heal
  17. flour
  18. tail
  19. new
  20. bare
  21. some
  22. dear
  23. bear
  24. weak
  25. see
  26. weight
  27. piece
  28. blue
  29. sun
  30. pear
  31. by
  32. Would
  33. two
  34. bee
  35. hour
  36. sea
  37. here
  38. road
  39. meet
  40. knows

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