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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 137 · 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: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  3. 3.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  8. 8.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  16. 16.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  21. 21.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  34. 34.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. there
  3. weak
  4. bee
  5. flu
  6. sum
  7. road
  8. steal
  9. whole
  10. sow
  11. write
  12. piece
  13. pear
  14. night
  15. sale
  16. won
  17. hour
  18. hair
  19. no
  20. eight
  21. week
  22. tale
  23. weight
  24. bare
  25. knight
  26. right
  27. sail
  28. tail
  29. aunt
  30. blue
  31. to
  32. their
  33. peace
  34. too
  35. red
  36. knew
  37. read
  38. sea
  39. bear
  40. heel

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