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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 220 · 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: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  8. 8.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  30. 30.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  35. 35.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  37. 37.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow

Answer key

  1. here
  2. pair
  3. know
  4. pear
  5. bear
  6. son
  7. to
  8. hole
  9. flour
  10. see
  11. right
  12. hour
  13. night
  14. meat
  15. new
  16. sale
  17. hair
  18. one
  19. no
  20. eight
  21. two
  22. there
  23. heel
  24. wait
  25. blew
  26. bare
  27. meet
  28. fare
  29. fair
  30. nose
  31. mail
  32. red
  33. write
  34. cell
  35. steal
  36. flower
  37. so
  38. knight
  39. their
  40. sew

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