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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 188 · 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 film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  16. 16.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  18. 18.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  21. 21.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  22. 22.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  23. 23.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  28. 28.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  31. 31.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  37. 37.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red

Answer key

  1. hour
  2. see
  3. plane
  4. tale
  5. knight
  6. road
  7. knew
  8. flour
  9. tail
  10. fair
  11. rode
  12. sea
  13. heel
  14. night
  15. wood
  16. too
  17. piece
  18. won
  19. deer
  20. new
  21. eight
  22. flower
  23. nose
  24. hear
  25. their
  26. here
  27. cell
  28. ant
  29. know
  30. sell
  31. week
  32. one
  33. blue
  34. sew
  35. pair
  36. there
  37. bear
  38. fare
  39. sail
  40. red

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