Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 161 · 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: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
2. 2.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
3. 3.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
4. 4.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
5. 5.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
7. 7.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
9. 9.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
12. 12.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
13. 13.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
14. 14.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
15. 15.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
16. 16.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
17. 17.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
18. 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
20. 20.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
22. 22.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
23. 23.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
24. 24.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
26. 26.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
27. 27.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
28. 28.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
29. 29.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
30. 30.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
32. 32.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
34. 34.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
35. 35.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
37. 37.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
38. 38.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
39. 39.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue

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