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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 234 · 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: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  14. 14.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  18. 18.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  19. 19.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  21. 21.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  36. 36.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  37. 37.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  38. 38.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee

Answer key

  1. blew
  2. peace
  3. here
  4. heel
  5. buy
  6. sale
  7. wait
  8. Would
  9. weight
  10. there
  11. hair
  12. flower
  13. two
  14. nose
  15. sail
  16. plane
  17. ate
  18. week
  19. steel
  20. pear
  21. ant
  22. red
  23. eight
  24. read
  25. sum
  26. know
  27. sell
  28. wood
  29. by
  30. their
  31. hour
  32. meat
  33. dear
  34. see
  35. heal
  36. too
  37. rode
  38. steal
  39. bare
  40. bee

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