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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 183 · 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 table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  16. 16.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  18. 18.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  21. 21.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  24. 24.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  28. 28.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  30. 30.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  31. 31.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  40. 40.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week

Answer key

  1. wood
  2. no
  3. heal
  4. they're
  5. red
  6. tail
  7. knew
  8. flower
  9. there
  10. heel
  11. meet
  12. sail
  13. witch
  14. sew
  15. night
  16. our
  17. eight
  18. so
  19. son
  20. sell
  21. dear
  22. their
  23. Would
  24. nose
  25. flour
  26. piece
  27. deer
  28. ant
  29. buy
  30. too
  31. steel
  32. right
  33. hair
  34. cell
  35. fair
  36. some
  37. plane
  38. fare
  39. steal
  40. weak

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