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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 219 · 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: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  10. 10.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  18. 18.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  20. 20.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  25. 25.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  27. 27.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  28. 28.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight

Answer key

  1. hare
  2. nose
  3. heal
  4. bear
  5. whole
  6. hair
  7. knows
  8. write
  9. sell
  10. dear
  11. peace
  12. heel
  13. sea
  14. be
  15. weight
  16. rode
  17. blew
  18. weak
  19. deer
  20. to
  21. know
  22. bare
  23. see
  24. buy
  25. flower
  26. son
  27. week
  28. steal
  29. red
  30. wait
  31. meat
  32. here
  33. wood
  34. new
  35. knight
  36. there
  37. hear
  38. flew
  39. pair
  40. eight

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