Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 151 · 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 rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
3. 3.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
4. 4.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
5. 5.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
6. 6.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
7. 7.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
8. 8.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
9. 9.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
10. 10.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
12. 12.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
14. 14.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
15. 15.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
16. 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
17. 17.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
18. 18.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
20. 20.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
21. 21.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
22. 22.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
23. 23.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
24. 24.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
25. 25.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
26. 26.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
27. 27.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
29. 29.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
30. 30.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
31. 31.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
32. 32.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
34. 34.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
36. 36.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
37. 37.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
38. 38.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
39. 39.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be

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