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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 196 · 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: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  8. 8.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  9. 9.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  23. 23.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  24. 24.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  27. 27.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  36. 36.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal

Answer key

  1. road
  2. knows
  3. bare
  4. male
  5. pair
  6. read
  7. by
  8. too
  9. steal
  10. ate
  11. flew
  12. heal
  13. witch
  14. there
  15. heel
  16. aunt
  17. flower
  18. piece
  19. flour
  20. red
  21. no
  22. Which
  23. hole
  24. week
  25. wait
  26. sew
  27. ant
  28. pear
  29. son
  30. write
  31. plane
  32. wood
  33. nose
  34. new
  35. know
  36. won
  37. flu
  38. they're
  39. sale
  40. steel

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