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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 132 · 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: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  15. 15.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  26. 26.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  28. 28.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  30. 30.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  32. 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  33. 33.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  37. 37.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew

Answer key

  1. week
  2. no
  3. cell
  4. Which
  5. buy
  6. sew
  7. hare
  8. pair
  9. flew
  10. sale
  11. write
  12. sell
  13. tail
  14. sum
  15. dear
  16. deer
  17. they're
  18. two
  19. sea
  20. meet
  21. there
  22. wood
  23. witch
  24. knight
  25. sow
  26. hole
  27. blue
  28. steel
  29. be
  30. nose
  31. hear
  32. weak
  33. bear
  34. read
  35. by
  36. road
  37. steal
  38. sun
  39. whole
  40. new

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