Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 240 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
2. 2.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
3. 3.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
4. 4.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
5. 5.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
6. 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
8. 8.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
9. 9.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
10. 10.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
12. 12.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
14. 14.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
15. 15.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
16. 16.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
17. 17.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
18. 18.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
22. 22.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
23. 23.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
24. 24.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
27. 27.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
28. 28.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
30. 30.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
31. 31.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
32. 32.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
33. 33.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
34. 34.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
35. 35.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
36. 36.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
37. 37.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
39. 39.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
40. 40.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell

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