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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 232 · 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: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  10. 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  11. 11.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  18. 18.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  19. 19.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  20. 20.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  22. 22.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  27. 27.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  33. 33.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  37. 37.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat

Answer key

  1. bee
  2. right
  3. two
  4. road
  5. be
  6. eight
  7. write
  8. they're
  9. no
  10. steel
  11. nose
  12. rode
  13. weight
  14. ate
  15. flower
  16. fare
  17. sun
  18. Which
  19. won
  20. our
  21. here
  22. too
  23. red
  24. blew
  25. sum
  26. night
  27. dear
  28. witch
  29. knew
  30. tale
  31. mail
  32. knows
  33. so
  34. blue
  35. steal
  36. sale
  37. fair
  38. flour
  39. to
  40. meat

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