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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 214 · 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: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  4. 4.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  9. 9.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  16. 16.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  22. 22.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  24. 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  31. 31.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  38. 38.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow

Answer key

  1. deer
  2. wood
  3. here
  4. steel
  5. mail
  6. meat
  7. rode
  8. new
  9. won
  10. no
  11. knows
  12. wait
  13. flew
  14. fare
  15. cell
  16. ant
  17. Which
  18. sale
  19. blue
  20. bee
  21. one
  22. steal
  23. by
  24. weak
  25. buy
  26. whole
  27. know
  28. tail
  29. they're
  30. tale
  31. nose
  32. male
  33. plane
  34. heel
  35. flower
  36. knight
  37. road
  38. dear
  39. son
  40. sew

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