Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 257 · 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: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
2. 2.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
3. 3.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
5. 5.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
6. 6.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
7. 7.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
8. 8.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
9. 9.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
10. 10.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
12. 12.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
13. 13.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
14. 14.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
15. 15.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
16. 16.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
17. 17.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
18. 18.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
20. 20.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
21. 21.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
22. 22.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
23. 23.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
24. 24.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
25. 25.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
26. 26.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
28. 28.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
30. 30.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
31. 31.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
33. 33.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
34. 34.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
35. 35.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) too (c) two
36. 36.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
37. 37.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
38. 38.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
39. 39.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right

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