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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 217 · 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: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  13. 13.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  17. 17.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  19. 19.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  24. 24.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  25. 25.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  26. 26.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  27. 27.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  29. 29.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  36. 36.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  38. 38.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun

Answer key

  1. fair
  2. heel
  3. there
  4. hear
  5. sell
  6. flew
  7. peace
  8. flower
  9. piece
  10. flu
  11. flour
  12. fare
  13. steal
  14. sun
  15. tail
  16. knows
  17. week
  18. new
  19. our
  20. hare
  21. here
  22. pair
  23. sow
  24. male
  25. bear
  26. eight
  27. won
  28. weight
  29. hole
  30. two
  31. meat
  32. cell
  33. wood
  34. rode
  35. witch
  36. ant
  37. blue
  38. weak
  39. no
  40. son

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