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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 204 · 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: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  3. 3.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  4. 4.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  5. 5.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  10. 10.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  13. 13.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  21. 21.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  37. 37.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet

Answer key

  1. hare
  2. they're
  3. steel
  4. steal
  5. see
  6. knight
  7. heal
  8. flu
  9. pair
  10. hole
  11. peace
  12. wood
  13. dear
  14. eight
  15. flower
  16. piece
  17. fair
  18. whole
  19. sea
  20. pear
  21. too
  22. here
  23. write
  24. witch
  25. sun
  26. rode
  27. meet
  28. road
  29. sum
  30. flour
  31. no
  32. deer
  33. red
  34. sell
  35. tale
  36. Which
  37. aunt
  38. read
  39. hear
  40. meat

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