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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 24 · 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: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  3. 3.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  14. 14.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  15. 15.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  16. 16.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  24. 24.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  32. 32.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  33. 33.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  37. 37.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  40. 40.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal

Answer key

  1. be
  2. sun
  3. week
  4. deer
  5. eight
  6. whole
  7. knows
  8. to
  9. bear
  10. read
  11. write
  12. Which
  13. two
  14. aunt
  15. weak
  16. hole
  17. knew
  18. son
  19. tale
  20. new
  21. buy
  22. heel
  23. flour
  24. ant
  25. some
  26. here
  27. blue
  28. fair
  29. hour
  30. right
  31. their
  32. dear
  33. flower
  34. there
  35. see
  36. meet
  37. so
  38. night
  39. ate
  40. steal

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