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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 255 · 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 ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  2. 2.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  3. 3.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  10. 10.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  25. 25.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  26. 26.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  34. 34.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  37. 37.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet

Answer key

  1. write
  2. so
  3. won
  4. hear
  5. night
  6. see
  7. hair
  8. blue
  9. plane
  10. hole
  11. heel
  12. some
  13. pair
  14. male
  15. witch
  16. eight
  17. read
  18. buy
  19. no
  20. son
  21. know
  22. sun
  23. piece
  24. hare
  25. nose
  26. weak
  27. cell
  28. fare
  29. meat
  30. rode
  31. peace
  32. new
  33. here
  34. week
  35. sell
  36. bare
  37. flower
  38. flew
  39. blew
  40. meet

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