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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 148 · 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: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  7. 7.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  34. 34.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight

Answer key

  1. flower
  2. son
  3. pair
  4. blue
  5. sell
  6. cell
  7. hole
  8. hair
  9. flu
  10. Which
  11. some
  12. nose
  13. buy
  14. whole
  15. eight
  16. sow
  17. male
  18. witch
  19. blew
  20. peace
  21. sew
  22. hour
  23. heel
  24. fair
  25. road
  26. their
  27. hear
  28. ate
  29. read
  30. piece
  31. heal
  32. bee
  33. know
  34. aunt
  35. to
  36. deer
  37. knows
  38. sum
  39. so
  40. wait

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