Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 256 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
2. 2.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
3. 3.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
5. 5.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
6. 6.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
7. 7.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
8. 8.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
9. 9.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
10. 10.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
11. 11.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
12. 12.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
13. 13.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
14. 14.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
15. 15.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
16. 16.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
17. 17.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
18. 18.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
22. 22.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
25. 25.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
26. 26.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
27. 27.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
28. 28.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
30. 30.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
32. 32.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
35. 35.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
36. 36.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
38. 38.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
39. 39.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
40. 40.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew

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