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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 180 · 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: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  4. 4.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  7. 7.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  26. 26.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  40. 40.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant

Answer key

  1. knows
  2. meat
  3. blue
  4. too
  5. sew
  6. whole
  7. so
  8. sale
  9. tail
  10. piece
  11. sea
  12. rode
  13. tale
  14. male
  15. sail
  16. sun
  17. write
  18. meet
  19. cell
  20. bear
  21. bare
  22. right
  23. sum
  24. peace
  25. hour
  26. weak
  27. flew
  28. flour
  29. pair
  30. their
  31. be
  32. hair
  33. hare
  34. know
  35. to
  36. no
  37. knight
  38. blew
  39. Would
  40. ant

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