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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 173 · 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: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  8. 8.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  10. 10.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  16. 16.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  21. 21.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  25. 25.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  26. 26.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  29. 29.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  35. 35.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  39. 39.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're

Answer key

  1. hare
  2. meet
  3. know
  4. deer
  5. pear
  6. flu
  7. new
  8. week
  9. sow
  10. nose
  11. here
  12. eight
  13. write
  14. be
  15. tail
  16. steal
  17. blew
  18. one
  19. sale
  20. whole
  21. weak
  22. right
  23. peace
  24. sum
  25. so
  26. ant
  27. knight
  28. hour
  29. flower
  30. cell
  31. fair
  32. male
  33. flew
  34. Would
  35. hole
  36. two
  37. tale
  38. piece
  39. dear
  40. they're

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