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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 207 · 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: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  2. 2.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  3. 3.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  9. 9.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  19. 19.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  22. 22.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  23. 23.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  24. 24.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  26. 26.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our

Answer key

  1. road
  2. weak
  3. hole
  4. hear
  5. hare
  6. blue
  7. here
  8. male
  9. week
  10. blew
  11. flower
  12. sum
  13. heel
  14. flour
  15. bare
  16. rode
  17. night
  18. pear
  19. fair
  20. some
  21. knight
  22. bear
  23. dear
  24. steel
  25. son
  26. ant
  27. Which
  28. sail
  29. tale
  30. peace
  31. wait
  32. new
  33. buy
  34. sew
  35. bee
  36. know
  37. meat
  38. write
  39. mail
  40. hour

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