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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 164 · 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: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  15. 15.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  21. 21.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  22. 22.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  24. 24.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  26. 26.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  27. 27.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  32. 32.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet

Answer key

  1. knows
  2. bear
  3. sell
  4. heal
  5. hair
  6. know
  7. sea
  8. blew
  9. too
  10. to
  11. here
  12. wait
  13. flour
  14. whole
  15. our
  16. wood
  17. tale
  18. flower
  19. buy
  20. knew
  21. deer
  22. weak
  23. by
  24. steal
  25. hear
  26. cell
  27. nose
  28. hour
  29. rode
  30. fare
  31. piece
  32. week
  33. witch
  34. night
  35. hare
  36. they're
  37. sun
  38. son
  39. sale
  40. meet

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