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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 230 · 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: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  3. 3.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  25. 25.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  26. 26.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  31. 31.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  32. 32.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  33. 33.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one

Answer key

  1. road
  2. no
  3. weak
  4. sale
  5. they're
  6. piece
  7. by
  8. be
  9. hare
  10. new
  11. sail
  12. meat
  13. witch
  14. sun
  15. here
  16. see
  17. deer
  18. know
  19. bear
  20. Would
  21. right
  22. sell
  23. there
  24. whole
  25. so
  26. nose
  27. fare
  28. rode
  29. flour
  30. hear
  31. dear
  32. steel
  33. hole
  34. weight
  35. meet
  36. cell
  37. wait
  38. knew
  39. Which
  40. one

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