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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 171 · 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: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  5. 5.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  23. 23.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  26. 26.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  37. 37.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  38. 38.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate

Answer key

  1. peace
  2. heal
  3. read
  4. sea
  5. our
  6. sail
  7. piece
  8. flu
  9. right
  10. know
  11. deer
  12. flower
  13. wait
  14. hour
  15. plane
  16. sale
  17. tale
  18. meet
  19. blue
  20. Would
  21. hair
  22. aunt
  23. dear
  24. fair
  25. here
  26. too
  27. ate
  28. pair
  29. to
  30. new
  31. flour
  32. knight
  33. Which
  34. whole
  35. one
  36. flew
  37. ant
  38. bear
  39. heel
  40. eight

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