Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 156 · 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: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
2. 2.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
3. 3.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
4. 4.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
7. 7.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
9. 9.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
10. 10.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
11. 11.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
12. 12.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
13. 13.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
15. 15.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
16. 16.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
18. 18.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
19. 19.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
21. 21.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
22. 22.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
23. 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
24. 24.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
26. 26.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
27. 27.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
29. 29.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
30. 30.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
31. 31.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
32. 32.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
33. 33.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
34. 34.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
35. 35.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
36. 36.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
37. 37.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
38. 38.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
39. 39.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
40. 40.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows

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