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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 223 · 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: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  17. 17.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  20. 20.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  21. 21.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  27. 27.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  29. 29.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  36. 36.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  39. 39.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. bee
  3. mail
  4. flower
  5. peace
  6. flu
  7. sow
  8. two
  9. sail
  10. right
  11. sea
  12. by
  13. road
  14. piece
  15. read
  16. hare
  17. week
  18. write
  19. plane
  20. weak
  21. deer
  22. knight
  23. see
  24. fair
  25. tale
  26. flour
  27. won
  28. ate
  29. bear
  30. meet
  31. fare
  32. male
  33. sell
  34. witch
  35. their
  36. so
  37. new
  38. one
  39. ant
  40. steel

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