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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 184 · 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 bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  2. 2.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  3. 3.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  9. 9.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  10. 10.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  11. 11.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  16. 16.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  25. 25.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  29. 29.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  32. 32.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat

Answer key

  1. flew
  2. so
  3. our
  4. son
  5. sum
  6. meet
  7. no
  8. see
  9. won
  10. too
  11. steal
  12. night
  13. wait
  14. hour
  15. read
  16. hole
  17. whole
  18. rode
  19. write
  20. road
  21. mail
  22. fare
  23. peace
  24. tail
  25. ant
  26. knew
  27. heel
  28. blue
  29. week
  30. sun
  31. sea
  32. fair
  33. two
  34. male
  35. flu
  36. eight
  37. weight
  38. heal
  39. piece
  40. meat

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