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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 203 · 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: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  8. 8.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  19. 19.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  26. 26.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  32. 32.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  37. 37.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  38. 38.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel

Answer key

  1. hair
  2. our
  3. their
  4. son
  5. hare
  6. sea
  7. witch
  8. so
  9. knew
  10. eight
  11. flew
  12. red
  13. tale
  14. be
  15. flu
  16. meat
  17. blew
  18. rode
  19. sail
  20. plane
  21. hour
  22. ate
  23. here
  24. right
  25. whole
  26. see
  27. fare
  28. one
  29. fair
  30. blue
  31. tail
  32. too
  33. knight
  34. deer
  35. two
  36. piece
  37. flower
  38. nose
  39. flour
  40. steel

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