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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 177 · 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 ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  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 sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  6. 6.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  13. 13.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  15. 15.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  23. 23.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  24. 24.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  28. 28.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  38. 38.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell

Answer key

  1. knight
  2. flu
  3. by
  4. whole
  5. tale
  6. ant
  7. deer
  8. blue
  9. witch
  10. fare
  11. buy
  12. meet
  13. fair
  14. no
  15. hole
  16. some
  17. sail
  18. sew
  19. blew
  20. new
  21. mail
  22. one
  23. weak
  24. too
  25. plane
  26. sum
  27. here
  28. so
  29. peace
  30. pear
  31. son
  32. hair
  33. rode
  34. they're
  35. to
  36. ate
  37. be
  38. Which
  39. piece
  40. cell

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