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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 143 · 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: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  3. 3.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  4. 4.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  6. 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  10. 10.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  17. 17.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  19. 19.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  31. 31.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  37. 37.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear

Answer key

  1. pear
  2. fare
  3. hole
  4. to
  5. read
  6. dear
  7. tale
  8. red
  9. rode
  10. bee
  11. hair
  12. bare
  13. flour
  14. bear
  15. flu
  16. blue
  17. aunt
  18. peace
  19. fair
  20. son
  21. piece
  22. sew
  23. male
  24. hare
  25. plane
  26. sale
  27. write
  28. tail
  29. sell
  30. here
  31. steal
  32. no
  33. nose
  34. deer
  35. by
  36. sea
  37. our
  38. whole
  39. so
  40. hear

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