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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 16 · 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: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  3. 3.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  5. 5.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  9. 9.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  13. 13.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  21. 21.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  22. 22.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  24. 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  28. 28.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  32. 32.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  34. 34.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. heal
  3. nose
  4. buy
  5. by
  6. bee
  7. witch
  8. blue
  9. steel
  10. Which
  11. read
  12. sum
  13. male
  14. hour
  15. here
  16. son
  17. flu
  18. eight
  19. dear
  20. heel
  21. too
  22. won
  23. no
  24. weak
  25. their
  26. meat
  27. hair
  28. our
  29. deer
  30. there
  31. write
  32. rode
  33. sow
  34. ant
  35. knows
  36. weight
  37. whole
  38. sell
  39. plane
  40. be

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