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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 249 · 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: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  15. 15.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  20. 20.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  22. 22.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  31. 31.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  36. 36.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  40. 40.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by

Answer key

  1. road
  2. plane
  3. sum
  4. blue
  5. eight
  6. sew
  7. hear
  8. bee
  9. know
  10. read
  11. sale
  12. piece
  13. sun
  14. knows
  15. won
  16. bear
  17. flu
  18. to
  19. ate
  20. week
  21. weight
  22. our
  23. hare
  24. pear
  25. knight
  26. bare
  27. meat
  28. hair
  29. fare
  30. deer
  31. flower
  32. night
  33. sell
  34. male
  35. be
  36. too
  37. some
  38. rode
  39. one
  40. by

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