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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 157 · 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: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  3. 3.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  14. 14.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  17. 17.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  21. 21.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  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: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell

Answer key

  1. here
  2. blew
  3. so
  4. write
  5. right
  6. to
  7. road
  8. bear
  9. male
  10. sum
  11. sea
  12. deer
  13. flu
  14. hole
  15. flower
  16. one
  17. our
  18. piece
  19. aunt
  20. heel
  21. sail
  22. Which
  23. bee
  24. no
  25. by
  26. sow
  27. fair
  28. new
  29. bare
  30. peace
  31. there
  32. pair
  33. wood
  34. two
  35. see
  36. meat
  37. tail
  38. knew
  39. fare
  40. sell

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