Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 135 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
2. 2.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
5. 5.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
6. 6.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
7. 7.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
8. 8.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
9. 9.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
10. 10.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
11. 11.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
12. 12.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
13. 13.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
14. 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
16. 16.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
17. 17.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
18. 18.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
19. 19.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
20. 20.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
21. 21.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
22. 22.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
23. 23.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
24. 24.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
25. 25.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
26. 26.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
27. 27.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
28. 28.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
30. 30.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
31. 31.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
32. 32.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
33. 33.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
35. 35.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
36. 36.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
37. 37.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
39. 39.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
40. 40.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole

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