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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 20 · 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: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  4. 4.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  6. 6.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  21. 21.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  34. 34.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel

Answer key

  1. write
  2. no
  3. pear
  4. so
  5. bee
  6. our
  7. red
  8. pair
  9. their
  10. Which
  11. see
  12. plane
  13. sow
  14. weight
  15. they're
  16. night
  17. there
  18. hare
  19. heal
  20. knight
  21. week
  22. ate
  23. blue
  24. son
  25. heel
  26. mail
  27. here
  28. witch
  29. fair
  30. knew
  31. wood
  32. blew
  33. tale
  34. hole
  35. sail
  36. dear
  37. hear
  38. by
  39. rode
  40. steel

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