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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 163 · 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 ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  6. 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  10. 10.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  24. 24.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  25. 25.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  37. 37.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  38. 38.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  40. 40.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak

Answer key

  1. heel
  2. sail
  3. night
  4. whole
  5. some
  6. dear
  7. they're
  8. hair
  9. flower
  10. so
  11. flew
  12. meet
  13. sun
  14. heal
  15. see
  16. flour
  17. tail
  18. write
  19. sale
  20. their
  21. hear
  22. one
  23. bare
  24. ant
  25. weak
  26. ate
  27. road
  28. wait
  29. by
  30. fair
  31. knew
  32. bee
  33. sum
  34. cell
  35. sea
  36. hour
  37. to
  38. our
  39. read
  40. week

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