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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 169 · 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: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  4. 4.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  7. 7.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  12. 12.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  13. 13.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  28. 28.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  38. 38.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece

Answer key

  1. tale
  2. bee
  3. male
  4. weak
  5. no
  6. pear
  7. won
  8. whole
  9. flew
  10. week
  11. knew
  12. so
  13. to
  14. by
  15. wood
  16. knows
  17. be
  18. fair
  19. blew
  20. deer
  21. there
  22. write
  23. blue
  24. road
  25. rode
  26. meet
  27. hare
  28. ant
  29. sail
  30. flower
  31. heel
  32. bear
  33. tail
  34. two
  35. heal
  36. knight
  37. sow
  38. Which
  39. buy
  40. peace

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