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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 199 · 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: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  4. 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  14. 14.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  15. 15.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  19. 19.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  21. 21.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  22. 22.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  25. 25.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  33. 33.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red

Answer key

  1. too
  2. bare
  3. sun
  4. aunt
  5. hear
  6. fair
  7. eight
  8. sum
  9. pair
  10. road
  11. know
  12. flew
  13. Which
  14. so
  15. steal
  16. buy
  17. right
  18. son
  19. see
  20. knows
  21. sail
  22. flower
  23. peace
  24. here
  25. week
  26. heel
  27. male
  28. blue
  29. bee
  30. pear
  31. they're
  32. Would
  33. hole
  34. hare
  35. wood
  36. sale
  37. there
  38. blew
  39. new
  40. red

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