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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 134 · 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: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  10. 10.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  13. 13.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  16. 16.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  24. 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  30. 30.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  36. 36.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son

Answer key

  1. eight
  2. knew
  3. wait
  4. tail
  5. whole
  6. wood
  7. know
  8. bear
  9. to
  10. male
  11. plane
  12. dear
  13. our
  14. night
  15. piece
  16. week
  17. flew
  18. read
  19. peace
  20. one
  21. tale
  22. hour
  23. deer
  24. weak
  25. fair
  26. mail
  27. sew
  28. flour
  29. meet
  30. hole
  31. write
  32. sow
  33. right
  34. Which
  35. flower
  36. sail
  37. road
  38. heel
  39. Would
  40. son

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