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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 201 · 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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  3. 3.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  4. 4.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  16. 16.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  17. 17.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  20. 20.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  25. 25.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  32. 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  35. 35.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  38. 38.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too

Answer key

  1. hair
  2. meat
  3. aunt
  4. too
  5. read
  6. flour
  7. bee
  8. red
  9. peace
  10. knows
  11. whole
  12. right
  13. wood
  14. fare
  15. cell
  16. ant
  17. our
  18. dear
  19. eight
  20. so
  21. one
  22. sail
  23. tail
  24. piece
  25. deer
  26. sum
  27. bear
  28. ate
  29. know
  30. flower
  31. sew
  32. weak
  33. meet
  34. see
  35. week
  36. heel
  37. new
  38. steel
  39. sell
  40. two

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