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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 165 · 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: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  3. 3.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  4. 4.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  19. 19.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  20. 20.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  25. 25.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  31. 31.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  32. 32.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. flu
  3. see
  4. to
  5. there
  6. hear
  7. knew
  8. flour
  9. son
  10. pair
  11. buy
  12. some
  13. read
  14. sale
  15. hair
  16. their
  17. fare
  18. write
  19. so
  20. our
  21. meet
  22. heel
  23. new
  24. be
  25. ant
  26. red
  27. bear
  28. hare
  29. sun
  30. deer
  31. weak
  32. aunt
  33. knows
  34. sea
  35. tale
  36. sum
  37. no
  38. blue
  39. wood
  40. Which

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