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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 182 · 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: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  4. 4.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  18. 18.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  27. 27.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  29. 29.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  31. 31.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  32. 32.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  38. 38.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to

Answer key

  1. week
  2. red
  3. road
  4. won
  5. meet
  6. whole
  7. flu
  8. see
  9. sail
  10. mail
  11. fair
  12. blue
  13. pair
  14. bear
  15. knew
  16. tale
  17. knows
  18. ant
  19. flour
  20. piece
  21. buy
  22. flew
  23. sell
  24. knight
  25. hour
  26. rode
  27. steel
  28. dear
  29. steal
  30. bare
  31. deer
  32. so
  33. hear
  34. bee
  35. some
  36. sew
  37. weight
  38. weak
  39. know
  40. too

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