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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 243 · 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: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  2. 2.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  5. 5.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  16. 16.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  18. 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  22. 22.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  24. 24.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  34. 34.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  36. 36.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour

Answer key

  1. peace
  2. too
  3. flu
  4. road
  5. won
  6. sail
  7. bear
  8. knight
  9. buy
  10. Which
  11. pair
  12. plane
  13. new
  14. knows
  15. meet
  16. ant
  17. weight
  18. steal
  19. there
  20. some
  21. their
  22. flower
  23. tale
  24. weak
  25. see
  26. sew
  27. piece
  28. son
  29. sow
  30. night
  31. tail
  32. right
  33. hour
  34. so
  35. deer
  36. fair
  37. red
  38. witch
  39. sum
  40. flour

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