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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 189 · 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 tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  4. 4.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  5. 5.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  11. 11.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  15. 15.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  19. 19.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  38. 38.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would

Answer key

  1. hare
  2. hole
  3. Which
  4. our
  5. week
  6. bee
  7. flower
  8. pair
  9. no
  10. here
  11. nose
  12. there
  13. sun
  14. tale
  15. won
  16. ate
  17. peace
  18. aunt
  19. ant
  20. flour
  21. road
  22. to
  23. weight
  24. by
  25. son
  26. blue
  27. bare
  28. wood
  29. wait
  30. hair
  31. sea
  32. sew
  33. be
  34. red
  35. flew
  36. buy
  37. heal
  38. steal
  39. read
  40. Would

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