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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 21 · 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: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  13. 13.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  20. 20.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  26. 26.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  32. 32.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  40. 40.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. hare
  3. Which
  4. sell
  5. flower
  6. wood
  7. piece
  8. cell
  9. night
  10. be
  11. whole
  12. knew
  13. won
  14. bee
  15. deer
  16. hour
  17. ate
  18. right
  19. meat
  20. steel
  21. sew
  22. to
  23. they're
  24. rode
  25. sow
  26. hole
  27. see
  28. knight
  29. road
  30. tale
  31. hear
  32. week
  33. pair
  34. heel
  35. red
  36. their
  37. son
  38. flu
  39. meet
  40. so

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