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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 218 · 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: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  3. 3.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  9. 9.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  12. 12.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  16. 16.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  21. 21.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  26. 26.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  27. 27.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  32. 32.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would

Answer key

  1. there
  2. by
  3. aunt
  4. peace
  5. whole
  6. flew
  7. knight
  8. wait
  9. so
  10. hare
  11. meat
  12. steal
  13. night
  14. pair
  15. ate
  16. our
  17. write
  18. read
  19. mail
  20. plane
  21. hole
  22. heel
  23. road
  24. Which
  25. blew
  26. too
  27. week
  28. hour
  29. hear
  30. know
  31. be
  32. rode
  33. fair
  34. some
  35. see
  36. bear
  37. flour
  38. knows
  39. flower
  40. Would

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