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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 152 · 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: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  3. 3.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  8. 8.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  20. 20.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  26. 26.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  34. 34.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  37. 37.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  40. 40.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week

Answer key

  1. right
  2. sale
  3. fair
  4. hare
  5. read
  6. sell
  7. sow
  8. so
  9. meat
  10. be
  11. knows
  12. sun
  13. rode
  14. by
  15. sea
  16. flour
  17. here
  18. piece
  19. pear
  20. steel
  21. buy
  22. some
  23. there
  24. sail
  25. they're
  26. won
  27. new
  28. weight
  29. aunt
  30. hair
  31. flu
  32. sum
  33. son
  34. weak
  35. their
  36. flew
  37. dear
  38. tale
  39. knight
  40. week

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