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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 153 · 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: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  4. 4.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  10. 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  21. 21.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  26. 26.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  31. 31.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  32. 32.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  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: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare

Answer key

  1. fare
  2. sew
  3. whole
  4. hole
  5. peace
  6. wood
  7. sell
  8. Which
  9. read
  10. steel
  11. deer
  12. sea
  13. knew
  14. male
  15. pair
  16. heel
  17. here
  18. aunt
  19. hair
  20. be
  21. weak
  22. dear
  23. bare
  24. tail
  25. sum
  26. bear
  27. knight
  28. eight
  29. their
  30. know
  31. nose
  32. steal
  33. new
  34. mail
  35. by
  36. flew
  37. night
  38. some
  39. witch
  40. hare

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