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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 225 · 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 can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  9. 9.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  13. 13.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  21. 21.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate

Answer key

  1. see
  2. flew
  3. bare
  4. plane
  5. piece
  6. no
  7. read
  8. sun
  9. so
  10. fair
  11. heal
  12. sea
  13. weak
  14. to
  15. rode
  16. pair
  17. mail
  18. new
  19. aunt
  20. tale
  21. our
  22. flu
  23. male
  24. road
  25. fare
  26. sew
  27. one
  28. hour
  29. meat
  30. bear
  31. red
  32. knew
  33. ate
  34. whole
  35. their
  36. here
  37. blue
  38. flour
  39. flower
  40. eight

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