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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 242 · 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: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  4. 4.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  5. 5.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  7. 7.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  9. 9.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  17. 17.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  24. 24.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  26. 26.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  32. 32.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  37. 37.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  39. 39.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair

Answer key

  1. read
  2. see
  3. hair
  4. by
  5. won
  6. wood
  7. weak
  8. sale
  9. our
  10. blew
  11. hear
  12. be
  13. bare
  14. eight
  15. their
  16. know
  17. steel
  18. witch
  19. night
  20. male
  21. tale
  22. knew
  23. sail
  24. cell
  25. there
  26. deer
  27. tail
  28. sum
  29. right
  30. knows
  31. meet
  32. too
  33. pair
  34. flour
  35. meat
  36. piece
  37. to
  38. sun
  39. week
  40. hare

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