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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 244 · 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: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  3. 3.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  6. 6.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  10. 10.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  13. 13.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  21. 21.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  22. 22.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  31. 31.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  32. 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  37. 37.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal

Answer key

  1. Which
  2. they're
  3. rode
  4. red
  5. heal
  6. ant
  7. road
  8. hair
  9. sew
  10. week
  11. eight
  12. son
  13. flower
  14. fair
  15. read
  16. plane
  17. flour
  18. their
  19. heel
  20. pair
  21. bear
  22. cell
  23. sow
  24. peace
  25. to
  26. hear
  27. mail
  28. sea
  29. blue
  30. sun
  31. so
  32. weak
  33. right
  34. sale
  35. male
  36. meat
  37. our
  38. by
  39. blew
  40. steel

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