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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 235 · 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: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  2. 2.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  3. 3.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  7. 7.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  38. 38.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  40. 40.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. weak
  3. steal
  4. hour
  5. sum
  6. eight
  7. our
  8. buy
  9. blew
  10. red
  11. bear
  12. bare
  13. peace
  14. plane
  15. heel
  16. mail
  17. piece
  18. nose
  19. blue
  20. flour
  21. sew
  22. pear
  23. male
  24. pair
  25. sun
  26. there
  27. fare
  28. here
  29. knight
  30. Which
  31. sea
  32. road
  33. know
  34. witch
  35. flu
  36. bee
  37. write
  38. too
  39. tale
  40. fair

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