Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 185 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
2. 2.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
3. 3.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
4. 4.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
5. 5.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
6. 6.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
9. 9.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
10. 10.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
12. 12.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
13. 13.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
14. 14.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
16. 16.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
17. 17.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
19. 19.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
20. 20.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
21. 21.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
23. 23.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
25. 25.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
26. 26.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
27. 27.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
30. 30.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
32. 32.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
35. 35.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
37. 37.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
38. 38.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
39. 39.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
40. 40.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu

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