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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 253 · 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: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  13. 13.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  31. 31.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew

Answer key

  1. won
  2. sea
  3. bee
  4. heal
  5. road
  6. male
  7. cell
  8. flu
  9. sow
  10. son
  11. be
  12. pair
  13. week
  14. heel
  15. there
  16. knows
  17. sell
  18. see
  19. sale
  20. some
  21. tail
  22. sum
  23. right
  24. blew
  25. pear
  26. their
  27. sun
  28. plane
  29. piece
  30. new
  31. ant
  32. hare
  33. hear
  34. Would
  35. night
  36. read
  37. peace
  38. rode
  39. so
  40. sew

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