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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 168 · 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: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  6. 6.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  13. 13.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  15. 15.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  21. 21.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  25. 25.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. pair
  3. heel
  4. hour
  5. witch
  6. our
  7. new
  8. hair
  9. their
  10. blue
  11. knows
  12. right
  13. week
  14. sew
  15. so
  16. some
  17. ate
  18. aunt
  19. whole
  20. piece
  21. bee
  22. flew
  23. son
  24. sell
  25. ant
  26. read
  27. be
  28. one
  29. weight
  30. deer
  31. tale
  32. knight
  33. write
  34. meat
  35. blew
  36. flu
  37. sow
  38. sun
  39. hare
  40. sea

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