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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 206 · 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: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  3. 3.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  4. 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  11. 11.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  12. 12.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  13. 13.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  17. 17.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  27. 27.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  35. 35.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane

Answer key

  1. tale
  2. weight
  3. week
  4. aunt
  5. know
  6. no
  7. be
  8. bear
  9. hour
  10. meet
  11. too
  12. won
  13. steel
  14. here
  15. some
  16. sun
  17. our
  18. fair
  19. cell
  20. knew
  21. hare
  22. they're
  23. pair
  24. sow
  25. see
  26. wood
  27. weak
  28. meat
  29. one
  30. witch
  31. read
  32. blew
  33. new
  34. wait
  35. dear
  36. flower
  37. heal
  38. whole
  39. fare
  40. plane

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