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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 14 · 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: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  9. 9.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  21. 21.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  24. 24.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  35. 35.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare

Answer key

  1. meat
  2. be
  3. sow
  4. no
  5. tail
  6. see
  7. knew
  8. sail
  9. week
  10. sew
  11. rode
  12. wood
  13. their
  14. eight
  15. flower
  16. night
  17. sell
  18. there
  19. sun
  20. meet
  21. by
  22. flu
  23. Which
  24. aunt
  25. hear
  26. heel
  27. fare
  28. know
  29. son
  30. blew
  31. heal
  32. wait
  33. hare
  34. mail
  35. our
  36. weight
  37. new
  38. flour
  39. here
  40. hair

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