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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 178 · 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: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  13. 13.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  17. 17.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  20. 20.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  27. 27.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  32. 32.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. sell
  3. here
  4. weight
  5. hour
  6. heal
  7. flew
  8. bare
  9. there
  10. right
  11. write
  12. no
  13. bear
  14. tail
  15. sail
  16. cell
  17. weak
  18. tale
  19. dear
  20. week
  21. hare
  22. meat
  23. be
  24. flour
  25. they're
  26. blew
  27. steal
  28. hear
  29. by
  30. to
  31. their
  32. our
  33. see
  34. witch
  35. bee
  36. hair
  37. heel
  38. peace
  39. road
  40. knew

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