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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 211 · 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: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  25. 25.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  26. 26.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  32. 32.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  34. 34.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  35. 35.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there

Answer key

  1. nose
  2. to
  3. piece
  4. cell
  5. sow
  6. tale
  7. no
  8. read
  9. new
  10. Which
  11. here
  12. mail
  13. flour
  14. pair
  15. flower
  16. deer
  17. ate
  18. fare
  19. there
  20. road
  21. tail
  22. night
  23. sea
  24. some
  25. steal
  26. Would
  27. sail
  28. eight
  29. write
  30. hour
  31. pear
  32. so
  33. meat
  34. aunt
  35. week
  36. witch
  37. buy
  38. rode
  39. blue
  40. their

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