Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 142 · 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: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
2. 2.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
3. 3.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
4. 4.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
5. 5.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
6. 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
7. 7.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
8. 8.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
9. 9.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
11. 11.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
12. 12.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
13. 13.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
14. 14.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
16. 16.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
18. 18.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
19. 19.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
21. 21.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
22. 22.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
25. 25.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
26. 26.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
27. 27.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
28. 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
29. 29.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
30. 30.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
31. 31.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
32. 32.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
33. 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
34. 34.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
35. 35.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
37. 37.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
38. 38.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
39. 39.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
40. 40.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our

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