Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 138 · 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: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
3. 3.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
5. 5.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
7. 7.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
8. 8.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
9. 9.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
10. 10.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
11. 11.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
12. 12.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
14. 14.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
15. 15.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
16. 16.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
17. 17.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
18. 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
19. 19.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
20. 20.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
21. 21.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
22. 22.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
23. 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
24. 24.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
25. 25.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
26. 26.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
27. 27.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
29. 29.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
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: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
33. 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
35. 35.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
37. 37.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
38. 38.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
39. 39.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
40. 40.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu

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